Written by: Moira Hutchison, Executive Contributor
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Journaling is a great way to learn about yourself. Seeing things on paper is a little different than just thinking about them. Reviewing your day and your thoughts can be a powerful tool for self-awareness and personal growth.
You can learn something from each day, but only if you have the intention of doing so. Journaling provides the insight to make positive changes to yourself and your life.
Here are some journaling techniques to learn more about yourself and enhance your rate of personal and professional development:
1. Make journaling a habit. Write in your journal daily to get the maximum effect. When you journal each day, you will feel compelled to have something to write about. Set aside 15-30 minutes each day and make journaling a habit.
2. Review your day. Begin each journal entry by reviewing your day. Record anything you might want to remember in the future, whether it is a day or 25 years from now. Hit the highlights and be willing to be honest with yourself.
3. Look for ways to improve. When you layout your day in front of you, you will notice ways you can improve. It might be dealing with difficult people more effectively or deciding to look for a new client or prospect.
4. List your challenges and limitations. Write about the challenges you are facing in your life. Put them down on paper and see them from a different perspective.
What are your personal limitations? Are you impatient? Do you want to work on your social skills? Do you lack goals? What can you work on to enhance your qualities or skills?
5. Use writing prompts. There are books of journaling prompts. These are questions you can ask yourself and then write your responses to them. Here are a few to get you started:
My three greatest strengths are…
My three greatest weaknesses are… (also list some ways to overcome them.)
My version of success is…
If I could travel anywhere, it would be…
If I could start over, I would…
The most important things I can do to improve my life are… How would you like to be remembered? What is something you want to learn? Why?
6. Review your life. This could take a few hours or more. Start at the beginning and record your thoughts on your life. Write about your home life and schooling as a young child. What were your teenage years like? What were the mistakes you made along the way? How have you ended up where you are?
How have your perceptions and understanding of life changed over the years? What do you want to change going forward?
If you could redo certain parts of your life, what would you do instead?
Journaling can feel intimidating for some people. We don’t want to look at the dark places in ourselves and our lives. However, shining a little light on these areas can do more for your life than you realize.
The basis for personal growth is gaining a greater understanding of yourself. Journaling is an effective way to accomplish this. Create a journaling habit and watch your personal growth take
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Moira Hutchison, Executive Contributor, Brainz Magazine
As an Intuition Cultivator and Mindset Mentor, Moira Hutchison guides her clients to access the inherent power they have available when they ignite their personal trinity of trust, inner awareness, and self-confidence. Moira works with professionals who feel that there is something better in life for them, but they have no idea how to access it. However, they have a yearning to be guided by their intuition and align with their unique calling. What makes her distinctive and different in this work is that she has developed the ability to take complex energetic, and spiritual ideas and interpret them in ways that people find easy to understand, integrate and implement.
