Instant
Journaling: 3 Quick, Effective Journaling Tools
"Ideas
can come from anywhere and at any time. The problem with making mental notes is
that the ink fades very rapidly.”
~ Rolf
Smith ~
Sometimes we don’t have time to journal. (Or we don’t make the time to write.)
If you value the benefits of journaling but have trouble committing time to do
it, try these three practically instant journaling tools.
1. One Word Essence Journaling
Spirit lives in the essence of things, not the thing itself.
Each night before bed, write out just one word that captures the essence of your
day. Check in with your body, heart and head and make sure you have chosen the
best word for the day. (We did not say it was going to be easy!)
After a few weeks, review your essence words and look for trends, insights or
predominant experiences.
2. Headlining
The fewer the words, the stronger the impression.
Headlines concisely summarize any experiences. A good headline is typically less
than 7 words. Start a page in your journal for daily headlines. Capture a key
highlight, feeling, accomplishment or insight each day.
Eventually you will have a concise overview of the highlights in your life -
your own newspaper! If you’re in the mood, have fun by using alliteration,
exaggeration, humour, metaphors, rhyming, puns and dualities.
Consider combining these first 2 tools on one page. Create a 3 column form to
record the date, one word essence and a wider column for your headline.
3. Daily Tracker
If it is important, track it. Hindsight is 20/20.
The Daily Tracker creates a great audit trail for what is important to you and
what has happened in the past. It helps you see cycles that reoccur and identify
causes and effects.
Make your own Daily Tracker form by creating 4 equal-width columns on a piece of
paper or in your journal.
What is important for you to monitor in your life? Examples are: feelings and
emotions, personal energy levels, money earned, people met, health changes,
weight, relationships, accomplishments, appreciations, intuitive hunches,
synchronicities, motives, ideas, dreams, insights, events, etc. Select and write
your 4 most important topics at the top of each column on the form. Write a few
words in each column daily.
Journaling offers an easy but incredibly powerful path for self-growth.
It empties the mind of circular counter-productive thinking and emotions. Once
these are released and captured on paper, you are open to new perspectives, and
new perspectives change our lives.
Enjoy these quick journaling tools. If you’d like to explore journaling more
deeply, download our Go Deeper... Reach Higher...
Journaling
e-book or sample from more than 40 journaling tools on our
Higher Awareness member site.
"Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg, by the side of
which more will be laid."
~ Henry
David Thoreau ~"Journal writing is a voyage to the interior."
~ Christina
Baldwin ~ |