Journaling

“Autotherapy journal. Talk to the paper.” 

Save cash.  

Or, 

“mood journal. How do I feel? What’s the current state of my mind?”

Tired. Everyday.  

“Change forms of journalling. There are many forms of journaling. Classic diary entries, a bullet journal, gratitude journal.”

“Do a mix. Spend five minutes a day making notes. Write three things you’re grateful for, or a list of ten ideas on any topic.

“Write every day. Journaling works best if you do it every day.” 

Supposed to help with resilience or something.

“Write by hand.”

Found an old notebook with cats on the cover. Forgot how to write. Hand used to tapping. Paper looks like a relic? The hand is saying “no, we don’t do this anymore.” 

There are all sorts of journalling methods: 

Hemingway-style is DIY narrative therapy. But use concrete nouns and active verbs. Write about acitons. Hemingayan style, “I woke up. I had bread. The war broke out.” No adjectives. Rudimentary. Makes you feel like a tourist in your life. 

Or, 

“Start self-care journal. Practice self-care daily. Tick it off. How can you show more kindness to yourself? Record your daily self-care activities.” 

Had a vegetable. Singular. Just, survived. 

Or,

“the bullet-point journal. Use bullet points, but not for grocery lists. Say, everyday make a list of 10 ideas for something. Today: “10 ideas how can you show more kindness to yourself?” 

Patted myself on the back. Did it again. Felt good. Patted the legs too.

Another one: 

“Gratitude journal. Write three things you’re grateful for each day. Write three sentences starting with: “Grateful for…” 

This doeas take up to five minutes a day. The brainiacs replicated this a million times: the volunteers for the experiment wrote 3 sentences a day. Aftert two weeks they reported feeling superior wellbeing. 

“Or, just ildly doodle and jot for self-awareness.” 

Takes you on a voyage of self-discovery? Drew a car. Doodling entry: “I love my noise-canceling headphones.”