Don’t Think of It as Journaling, Think of It as ‘Getting It Down’
There has never been a more important time to record your life
Here are the three things I know for sure: 1) Sleep fixes everything; 2) one must always read the book before seeing the movie; and 3) journaling will save your life.
Number three, I know, is the most controversial. It has come to my attention that some people dislike the idea of journaling, seeing it as yet another daily obligation to eventually fail at and then feel bad about (Exercise! Meditate! Drink water! DOES IT EVER END?). And sure, a journal can feel like a weird futile to-do to try to shoehorn into a busy life. Write things down. Why? So no one can ever read it? And that’s the best case scenario?
But maybe it’s time for a rebrand. Don’t think of it as keeping a journal, or god forbid, writing in a diary. Think of it as getting messy thoughts out of your head and down on paper. It’s taking notes on your life. Here’s why you should.
The benefits are immense
Ryan Holiday writes: “I journal each morning as a way of starting the day off fresh — I put my baggage down on the page so that I don’t have to carry it to meetings or to breakfast with my family.” As I found when diving into Stoicism, recording your…
