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This is a passage from a journal I kept when I was sixteen years old. This entry was written while I was on a summer vacation with my family. Those simple written words are priceless to me. Most likely, I would not be able to recall the events of my younger years so clearly without the help of my journals. I enjoy reading them because it is fun to be reminded of thoughts, feelings and experiences of years gone by. I also like to see how my thoughts Kieran Gibbs England Jersey , my handwriting and my writing skills have evolved over the years.
Keeping a journal is a simple thing to do. Anyone can do it. Maybe you are sitting there thinking that you do not like to write so you would never choose to keep a journal. Well, guess what? Writing daily in a journal can become one of your favorite past times once you discover how rewarding and easy it can be.
A journal is uniquely yours. No one can create a journal for you and it is something that no one else has to know about. There are many benefits that come from keeping a daily journal. It can serve as a lifelong record of the events in your life or help you improve your writing and your critical thinking skills. Daily writing can also be therapeutic while connecting you more strongly with your ability to be creative.
Julia Cameron discusses how daily writing can lead to a more creative life in her book The Artist's Way. She recommends writing three pages of freewriting every day. Freewriting is simply writing down the exact thoughts you are having without censorship. If the only thing you can think of to write is ?I can't think of anything to write? then you would write that over and over until some other thoughts or feelings begin to form within your mind. The purpose of freewriting daily is to purge unproductive thoughts out of your mind each day. Ms. Cameron refers to the process as ?Brain Drain.? Our daily routines often absorb all of our time and energy. This leaves little room for creativity. As some of the issues of life are worked through on paper, we are in a better position to be in touch with the creative part which is often buried by the busyness of life.
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If you set a standard time to write in your journal, you are more likely to establish writing as a habit in your life. I like to write in my journal right after I wake up each morning. It only takes me twenty minutes to write three full pages. If morning is not a good time for you, choose a time that works best for you. Just make sure that you have no interruptions so your thoughts can flow freely onto the paper. It is best to keep your journal private. This gives you more freedom to write the things that you really want to write without the fear of being judged or ridiculed.
Even if you have no desire to enhance your creativity James Milner England Jersey , you may want to consider writing in a journal to record the events of your life. As I mentioned before, I love to read my old journals when the need for nostalgia hits me. It is amazing how much of our past we forget as we get older. Your daily journals are something that will connect you with a part of you that you may have forgotten even existed. Even though I have no desire to relive the years of my past, I am grateful that I have journal entries which connect me with that young lady who lived years ago. I'm am always a little sad when I read the last entry of a journal and I wish that I had kept on writing. It is so interesting to go back and read words that you wrote in your younger years. Sometimes it is f