Day One 2 1 7 – Maintain A Daily Journal

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Mar 17, 2017·3 min read

Do you keep a journal? In today's mostly digital, paperless world the idea of a journal might conjure thoughts of secret teenage crushes or something that you 'used to do.' But why? As you get older the benefits of keeping a journal only grow stronger. Here are 10 great reasons for keeping a journal, in reverse order.

10. For emergency and contingency situations

Ever need to know what you did on a specific day? This is one way a journal can be invaluable — documenting what you did and where you were. Examples include lawsuits, where you need to know exactly what you saw on a particular day. Your journal can be an important recording tool in emergency situations.

9. Improve your writing

The most certain way to improve your writing skills is simply to write a lot! This is more easily done if you keep a journal — especially if you write on a daily basis. In addition, any creative ideas you record in your daily journal can be reused and expanded on later.

8. Keep track of important decisions

A journal can be an important tool to track important decisions in your life. It's a natural chronological record of your progress and can allow you to remember the reasons behind your decision-making for those all-important life events.

7. Interactions with people

Over the course of your life, most likely you will have had many, many significant and even profound interactions with the people you know. Keeping a journal helps you record those interactions. Review them from time to time to remember and understand why those people were so important to you — long after the events have passed.

6. See your progress

Progress is a critical component of any person's growth and improvement. Did you become the person you are overnight? Of course not. In the context of your important life goals and personal objectives, a journal helps you see and keep track of the things that are truly important to you. Progress comes little by little.

5. Remember who you were

As a record of your personal history — all the events, decisions and important people who make you the person you are now are in your journal. Keeping an accurate and complete personal history can be extremely useful. By remembering who you were yesterday, you can avoid making the same mistake today.

4. Enhance your organizational skills

Journals are structured. Starting and maintaining a journal is one way to organize and structure your life, line upon line — like the lines and paragraphs of a journal.

3. Explore your thoughts

Keeping a journal can help you record all the thoughts you have on a particular day. They may be irrelevant, but they also may be inspirational and even educational for you when you get older and reflect on them. You may never know, but it never hurts to try.

2. Give meaning to your life

Meaning in life is a very subjective concept, unique to each person. Your journal can track your own dreams and aspirations and, through structure, allow you to figure out what is most important to you.

1. Daily reflection and self-awareness

Introspection is one of the most important human skills to master to become a more compassionate and overall better person. A daily journal allows you to have that introspection — even if it's just a taste — to reflect on who you were that day.

PlanPlus Online includes a Daily Notes feature that can be used as a journal. There is also a Journal Report which allows you to select a date range and print out your notes based on that date range for safe keeping or archival offline. See this feature in action.

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Episode #2 of the course A daily journal practice to become a better person every day by John Robin

'Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.' —Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher, inventor of the essay

Welcome back to our course on daily journaling!

Now that you've learned how to set your journal up, I trust that you have a notebook all ready to go. As promised, today, we'll talk about each part of the page and the method you'll follow as you start.

Your First Day: Start-of-Day Journal

This step takes three to five minutes.

At the top of the first day's page, fill in the date and day of the week.

Day One 2 1 7 – Maintain A Daily Journal Sample

Now, fill in each section in the order given in yesterday's template:

Dreams. If you have any dreams fresh in your mind, write down the one that stands out most. Keep it brief. We'll see more how to improve on this practice in Lesson 9, when we dig into dream analysis.

Today, I see myself doing. Try to visualize the main beats of your day. Pull tube 0 11 2 – video downloader mp3. Mindfully write down each important beat in chronological order in a loose, run-on sentence. Separate each beat with semicolons or dashes.

Day one 2 1 7 – maintain a daily journal paper

We will talk much more about how to practice visualization in tomorrow's lesson, so for now, focus on the following:

• Be specific.

• Focus on actions in your control.

• Skip lots—only capture the most important actions of the day.

End-of-Day Journal

As close as possible before bedtime, complete the rest of the sections. This takes seven to ten minutes.

Today, I am grateful for. Think through the day, and fill out the top three things that happened for which you are grateful.

This is not simple gratitude journaling—i.e., don't say that you're grateful for your kids or your house. Think specifically about something from the day that happened that you're grateful for. A few examples:

Day One 2 1 7 – Maintain A Daily Journal Review

• talking to my neighbor while in the garden, finding out more about his life

• finishing Chapter 23 of my book-in-progress

• going for my run after dinner despite wanting to sleep

We'll talk more about gratitude in the lesson devoted to it.

Struggles. Treat this similarly to gratitude, except now, you're at the opposite end of the spectrum. We all have struggles every day. Pick the top three that stand out most to you.

Try to be specific with these, just like with gratitude. Don't worry, struggles will also have their own lesson in the course!

The main takeaway for now:

• Always do gratitude before this section.

• Always try to find exactly three things you are grateful for and three things you struggled with.

We will explore just why these two pointers are crucial in the lessons devoted to gratitude and struggles.

Intentions. These will also have their own lesson later, and they are similar to gratitude and struggles. Do gratitude first, then struggles, and finally, with both the highs and lows in perspective, think through the top three intentions you have for tomorrow.

__ years ago today, I was. Start with one year ago today. Take today's date, and meditate briefly on what you were doing in your life exactly one year ago. This doesn't have to be perfect. For example, if you moved to your new house last year in October and it's October now, you can mention 'adjusting to my new house.'

We will also have an entire lesson on this!

Your Second Day

On your next day of journaling, you will do exactly what you did the first day, with a few new steps:

1. Review yesterday's intentions as part of your start-of-day journaling.

After filling in the date and your dream with your intentions in mind, visualize your day and see how and when you can fit those intentions in.

Day one 2 1 7 – maintain a daily journal report

We will talk much more about how to practice visualization in tomorrow's lesson, so for now, focus on the following:

• Be specific.

• Focus on actions in your control.

• Skip lots—only capture the most important actions of the day.

End-of-Day Journal

As close as possible before bedtime, complete the rest of the sections. This takes seven to ten minutes.

Today, I am grateful for. Think through the day, and fill out the top three things that happened for which you are grateful.

This is not simple gratitude journaling—i.e., don't say that you're grateful for your kids or your house. Think specifically about something from the day that happened that you're grateful for. A few examples:

Day One 2 1 7 – Maintain A Daily Journal Review

• talking to my neighbor while in the garden, finding out more about his life

• finishing Chapter 23 of my book-in-progress

• going for my run after dinner despite wanting to sleep

We'll talk more about gratitude in the lesson devoted to it.

Struggles. Treat this similarly to gratitude, except now, you're at the opposite end of the spectrum. We all have struggles every day. Pick the top three that stand out most to you.

Try to be specific with these, just like with gratitude. Don't worry, struggles will also have their own lesson in the course!

The main takeaway for now:

• Always do gratitude before this section.

• Always try to find exactly three things you are grateful for and three things you struggled with.

We will explore just why these two pointers are crucial in the lessons devoted to gratitude and struggles.

Intentions. These will also have their own lesson later, and they are similar to gratitude and struggles. Do gratitude first, then struggles, and finally, with both the highs and lows in perspective, think through the top three intentions you have for tomorrow.

__ years ago today, I was. Start with one year ago today. Take today's date, and meditate briefly on what you were doing in your life exactly one year ago. This doesn't have to be perfect. For example, if you moved to your new house last year in October and it's October now, you can mention 'adjusting to my new house.'

We will also have an entire lesson on this!

Your Second Day

On your next day of journaling, you will do exactly what you did the first day, with a few new steps:

1. Review yesterday's intentions as part of your start-of-day journaling.

After filling in the date and your dream with your intentions in mind, visualize your day and see how and when you can fit those intentions in.

2. Mark yourself on your intentions and visualization as part of your end-of-day journaling.

Day One 2 1 7 – Maintain A Daily Journal Review

When Day 2 is over, you can mark yourself on two things:

• how you did on the three intentions you laid out yesterday

Day One 2 1 7 – Maintain A Daily Journal Answer

○ If you accomplished it, put a '✔' next to it.

○ If you didn't, put an 'x'.

○ If you did something similar, put a '~'.

• how you did with your morning visualization

○ Use '✔', 'x', or '~' over each main beat.

We'll see more examples of how this marking system works in upcoming lessons.

3. Increase to 'Two years ago today, I was' at the end.

Your Third Day and On

Repeat what you did for Day 2. Review your intentions from the previous day, then at the end of the day, mark yourself on how you followed through, using '✔', 'x', or '~'.

Doo 2 0 0 download free. Increase your '__ years ago today, I was' by one each day, i.e., 'Three years ago today, I was,' 'Four years ago today, I was,' etc.

Alarm clock pro 10 0 12 download free. This might seem daunting now, but I promise, in Lesson 8, you will learn tips to tackle it like a pro!

Homework

Get started on this method so you can follow along as the course ensues.

As promised, tomorrow, we're going to start covering each aspect of the journal in detail. Get ready to dive into the art of visualization!

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