Writing it Down
Clearing our heads by expressing our thoughts.
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Journaling
Keeping a journal is one of the easiest ways to support your mental well-being.
Journaling allows me to understand better what I think and feel.
It helps me gain clarity and perspective. I use journaling to work through challenges, process what I'm learning, and much more.
Hannah Wilson@quotedvisually
The Benefits
I’ve already mentioned it improves your mental well-being and helps you work through challenges.
Here are more reasons to journal.
📌 It also strengthens the immune system and shortens recovery time. Researchers found people who journal have fewer sick days and heal faster from illness and injury.
📌 It supports a gratitude practice by giving you a place to express what you are grateful for in your life.
📌 Writing down your goals or aspirations on paper helps you visualize them more clearly, increasing the likelihood of success.
Getting started is easy.
🌱 It can be as simple as taking a pen and paper and writing down your thoughts.
🌿 Write about whatever you want and give yourself permission to write ‘terrible’ stuff. No judgment on content, grammar, or anything else. Write it for yourself.
🌱 No one else needs to read this, and in fact, it’s best to write it as if no one ever will.
🌿 Create a routine and write even a small amount daily.
Indeed so. And what you write today and read later, your own writing often reveals a newer, a different dimension which you didn’t think of while writing. You become a sort of student of your own thoughts.