Have you done any time traveling lately? I'm not talking about taking a Dalorian to 1954, a Hot Tub Time Machine, or the contraption from Avengers. No, I'm talking about keeping a journal. You may think well that's kind of old-fashioned. It's NOT!
If you want to fix mistakes or improve who you are the best time machine you have is keeping a personal journal. You can call it a Gratitude Journal or whatever you want to call it journal. Whether you keep it, day in and day out, or writing occasionally it's the best time machine.
One of the exercises I have found to keep a consistent journal is Morning Thoughts by Julia Cameron and the exercise is really simple. Here are a few benefits:
Help clear your mind
Discover your creativity
Silence your inner critic
Reduces anxiety
Generate ideas
You learn how to write
But first and foremost it's a good way to unload all the thoughts you have and to get them down on paper.
Here is the quick approach I have to do morning thoughts.
Have a clean desk or space to write
Pick out a journal to write in
Write 1-3 pages of thoughts
Spend about 5-10 minutes
Review it at night or the next day
The point of keeping a journal is it allows you to travel back a day, or a year to see who you were and what you are becoming.
A journal is a journey, you are an explorer whose every step is an advance into a new land its also a journey into the past to catch a glimpse of a different person who you've become and whose story matters.
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