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Powerful Benefits of Journaling

admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:10:59 +0000

Steve Pavlina, author of Personal Development for Smart People, dedicated a portion of his book to the importance of Journaling. Below is a brief summary of how journaling can play a dominant role in our journey throughout life.

3 other powerful benefits of journaling:

Solve tricky problems. Some problems are very difficult to solve when you’re stuck in a first-person viewpoint. Only when you record the situation and then re-examine it from a third-person perspective does the solution become clear. Sometimes the solution is so obvious that you’re shocked you didn’t see it sooner.
Gain clarity. A great time to turn to your journal is when you’re just not clear about what to do. Should you quit your job to start your own business? Should you marry your current romantic partner? Are you on the right track financially? It’s amazing how much clearer things become when you explore them in writing.
Verify your progress. It’s wonderful to go back and re-read journal entries from years ago and see how much real progress has been made. When you’re frustrated that your life doesn’t seem to be working out as you’d like, go back and read something you wrote five years ago — it will totally change your perspective. This helps you in the present moment too by reminding you that you are in fact growing and changing, even when it feels like you’re standing still.

Journaling a Creative and Healing Tool

admin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:49:22 +0000

Recently I thought of Journaling as a creative and healing tool. I like to write, especially poetry. Each time I write a new poem, even if it’s not great, I feel renewed. My poetry acts as a venting tool. I’ve discovered I feel the same way when I write in my journal. My life takes on new color. Whether I write about my children and realize how grateful I am for them, or I write about how frustrated I am with weight loss issues and remember that I can conquer them. Writing things down in my Personal Journal helps me to view things from a different point, usually higher up, as I am looking down at these words of my life written on each creative and healing page.

Why Write or Keep a Journal

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:00:59 +0000

Whether you call it journaling, journal writing, personal writings,keeping a diary, or note taking; many people of all ages and in all walks of life journal on a regular basis. There are numerous types of writing journals,sketch journals, quote books, diaries or scholars journals that keep the record of thoughts, life histories, personal insights, humorous incidents, family histories, children’s quotes, personal ponderings, or what have you. Anything of value to an individual is worth journaling about and the activity of journaling itself brings increased health, understanding, and enrichment to not only the keeper of the journal, but to those who will be privileged to read it one day. Few things in life shed more light on who we are, what we believe, and lessons we have learned, than our personal journals.

One of the difficult things about keeping journals is finding those thoughts, great quotes, or humorous stories again. If there were only a way to organize the things we spend so much time recording. This is a dilemma that many avid journalers face. The founder of Personal Ponderings, went to work on this problem and has created three different journals that are represenatative of most of the different types of journals that are kept. These journals are of high quality construction and designed in a looseleaf binder with a system that will readily organize thoughts, favorite sayings, notes, or whatever is important to you. A travel companion was created to facilitate note taking or journaling away from home. The travel companion consists of a smaller notebook that fits easily in a purse or briefcase and is equipped with gummed, lined sheets of paper that fit into the main journal. By taking notes according to topic while away from home, or the office, they can readily be added to the main journal under the correct topic when you return. This allows all notes to be easily kept, in order, according to topic or date.

The Literary Journal, Personal Journal, or Scripture/Spritual Journal will meet the needs of most journalers. We believe you will not only enjoy the flexibility of the systems in these journals, but we believe you will come to prize your journal as being something of great value to you. You will enjoy reading through its pages and those great quotes will only be a page turn away.

For the beginning journaler, it is a great way to get started. There is no need to worry about writing every day, someone reading what you write, not meaning what you write, needing to fill the whole page, or whatever your concerns are. The loose leaf pages allow you to add or take away from any of your entries. If you have a period of time where you haven’t written, it doesn’t matter, By inserting an index marker.you can easily pick up where you left off.

Can You Use One Journal to Record Everything?

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:59:58 +0000

Absolutely! Each of the journals comes with blank tabs. They provide the journaler with the ability to create sections or topics, which allow for true personalization. By purchasing one of the journals and buying refills from another journal you can have both systems or all three in one journal. Note: the A-Z tabs do not come in the Personal Journal.

Personal Ponderings believes each of us should take the time to record our thoughts, inspirations, feelings, and experiences, for we are all people of value and our thoughts as well as our life’s experiences are of worth. Journaling not only leaves a legacy, but provides the journaler with perspective, opportunities to learn, to better the mind, the soul, and promotes the inner healing that so many seek. Without taking the time for personal records, much is lost to us, to posterity, and to mankind.