Comments on: 5 Keys to Keeping a Journal http://lifecoachesblog.com/2005/12/09/5-keys-to-keeping-a-journal/ Improve Your Life Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:49:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The empowerment of journaling/blogging - Personal Development for Smart People Forums http://lifecoachesblog.com/2005/12/09/5-keys-to-keeping-a-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-22064 The empowerment of journaling/blogging - Personal Development for Smart People Forums Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:56:18 +0000 http://lifecoachesblog.com/?p=62#comment-22064 [...] Ditto. My personal journal has been a lifesaver to me. The other day I was feeling all frustrated and anxious, having too much on my mind and not knowing what to do with it. I did a complete 'mind-sweep' by dumping it all out into my journal, pages of it, and I could feel the weight of it all leaving me word by word, sentence by sentence. I heartily recommend it Plug: New and want tips to keeping your own personal journal? 5 quick keys to keeping a journal if you click now __________________ Who else wants more strategies to create an effective life? Visit Life Coaches Blog today. [...] [...] Ditto. My personal journal has been a lifesaver to me. The other day I was feeling all frustrated and anxious, having too much on my mind and not knowing what to do with it. I did a complete ‘mind-sweep’ by dumping it all out into my journal, pages of it, and I could feel the weight of it all leaving me word by word, sentence by sentence. I heartily recommend it Plug: New and want tips to keeping your own personal journal? 5 quick keys to keeping a journal if you click now __________________ Who else wants more strategies to create an effective life? Visit Life Coaches Blog today. [...]

]]> By: Pete http://lifecoachesblog.com/2005/12/09/5-keys-to-keeping-a-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Pete Sat, 10 Dec 2005 20:40:33 +0000 http://lifecoachesblog.com/?p=62#comment-494 Right, the journal as a means of keeping in touch with your own feelings. Been there, done that and I am tempted to pick it up again with what Alvin has shared. Key#2 is what I call in coaching: Making time to know yourself each day. Writing things down is a way of crystalizing your thoughts and feelings. Key #3 I take a different approach to the critical voice issue. What I used to do is that I draw a margin down the rightside of the page and if I find find the voice wanting to speak...I'll jot it down on the right side of the page. It's helped me understand myself better and recognise the schizo that's in me :-P I agree that the most personal stuff should stay offline unless you want the whole world to read about it. The online space is not actually that personal. Call me paranoid. Call me private. Just my 2 cents' worth. Then again, I sort of hear the people out there whining that they are not writers, doze off with a pen and bound pad... hey you never know, just test it out. When you are stuck ask yourself: "Now what do I wanna say about that?" "I feel like shit today." and get stuck. Ask "Now what do I wanna say about that?" "I don't know..." "Now what do I want to say about that?" "I still don't know.." "Now what do I want to say about that?" "I still don't fucking know..." "Now..." "I know shit..." Wow an improvement! From negative, now it's positive. "Now..?" "I feel shitty (I know shit!!) today when my program failed to compile and I have been working so hard at it (Now what....?) I guess those coding should have been done with a new..... Now what can you DO about it? So, find one write one and congrats on your way to new self-discovery. Right, the journal as a means of keeping in touch with your own feelings. Been there, done that and I am tempted to pick it up again with what Alvin has shared.

Key#2 is what I call in coaching: Making time to know yourself each day. Writing things down is a way of crystalizing your thoughts and feelings.

Key #3 I take a different approach to the critical voice issue. What I used to do is that I draw a margin down the rightside of the page and if I find find the voice wanting to speak…I’ll jot it down on the right side of the page. It’s helped me understand myself better and recognise the schizo that’s in me :-P

I agree that the most personal stuff should stay offline unless you want the whole world to read about it. The online space is not actually that personal. Call me paranoid. Call me private. Just my 2 cents’ worth.

Then again, I sort of hear the people out there whining that they are not writers, doze off with a pen and bound pad… hey you never know, just test it out.

When you are stuck ask yourself: “Now what do I wanna say about that?”

“I feel like shit today.” and get stuck.

Ask “Now what do I wanna say about that?”

“I don’t know…”

“Now what do I want to say about that?”

“I still don’t know..”

“Now what do I want to say about that?”

“I still don’t fucking know…”

“Now…”

“I know shit…”

Wow an improvement! From negative, now it’s positive.

“Now..?”

“I feel shitty (I know shit!!) today when my program failed to compile and I have been working so hard at it (Now what….?) I guess those coding should have been done with a new…..

Now what can you DO about it?

So, find one write one and congrats on your way to new self-discovery.

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