Do you journal?
Have you ever wanted to journal, to put your deepest thoughts in written form, but just don’t know how to get started? I have found that journaling can be a key component of the healing journey as well as an amazing ride of self-discovery.
I’d like to share my journaling experience with you. I made a list of 30+ personal attributes (see below). I have listed them in a very specific and personal order that was meaningful to me. I chose the first category on my list and then I just started writing
I wrote more from my heart rather than with my mind. I file my writings away and look at them once in a while. It`s amazing to see changes in what I wrote then, and what I understand now. Sometimes I find that I see things much more clearly now, and I have a hard time believing that I actually wrote what I did, way back when.
Here’s a list that I use:
The Secrets To A Good Life
- Love
- Joy
- Peace
- Patience
- Kindness
- Goodness
- Faithfulness
- Humility
- Self-control
- Faith
- Honesty
- Healing
- Forgiving
- Thanking
- Appreciating
- Hope
- Intuition
- Searching
- Learning
- Growing
- Purpose
- Confidence
- Determination
- Perseverance
- Compassion
- Befriending
- Listening
- Understanding
- Giving
- Hugging
- Playing
- Smiling
- Laughing
- Dreaming
- Creating
Maybe you’d like to try journaling. You could start with the same list. Add to it. Subtract from it. Rearrange it in a meaningful order that makes sense to you.
Do you currently journal?
What approach works for you?
In what ways have you benefited from your journaling?
-eKim