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Journaling is not just a way to write down your pains and your struggles and try to heal yourself through reflecting these strong thoughts and emotions but it’s also a strategy that has helped brilliant, powerful and wise people become better at what they do.
In many researches scientists came to the conclusion that participants who journaled at the end of the day had a 25% increase in performance,another study by Cambridge University found journaling helps improve well-being after traumatic and stressful events
That is what journaling is about. Instead of carrying that baggage around in our heads or hearts, we put it down on paper. It’s spiritual windshield wipers, as the writer Julia Cameron once put it and I was inspired by her, to start my “ morning pages also” like she propose us to do.
So in the same way journaling can help us to cope more effectively with stress and especially all kind of stress and finance stress is all about that. With journaling we could write down our thoughts concerning the difficulties we face and let our words and phrases drive us to a solution. Journaling also help us to train our mindset and especially our money mindset that I have talked about in another blog post..
There is no right or wrong way to journal and another way to try journaling is with writing down about your goals or track your spending. If you are looking for ideas, people are sharing millions of photos of their beautiful bullet journal financial planners on social media, so there are many templates you can copy or use for inspiration.
Journaling is a beautiful tool and hobby that you can adopt although you might not be a writer . And if it seems difficult to start it I started journaling with journaling prompts that show you the way. They help you start.
Below are some examples you may start :
- In 10 years time I want to be able to afford…
- One bad spending habit I can try to eliminate today is…
- When I retire, I will…
- When it comes to money, I believe…
- What activities am I doing that are responsible for 80% of my financial results?
Hope this was helpful . The important thing about journaling is that you can use it in every aspect of your life .
With a lot of caring ,
Sophie
