http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/ Personal Development for Smart People Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:42:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/#comment-64709 Journaling « Debi’s Random Thoughts Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:54:50 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/#comment-64709 [...] December 31, 2007 by debi Last night, I spent about 45 minutes journaling. It was nice to get all the ’stuff’ out that had been bottled up inside of me for a while. I know I should do it more, as I do truly find it to be very helpful when I sit myself down to do it. I just find myself, like so many others, so busy and tired at the end of the day that the last thing I want to do is to write in my journal. Perhaps I should make more of an effort to do so - after all, there are so many benefits of journaling. (You can read more about the benefits of journaling here, & here. This is also a neat site with many journal entries from around the world to get your creative ‘juices’ flowing.) [...] [...] December 31, 2007 by debi Last night, I spent about 45 minutes journaling. It was nice to get all the ’stuff’ out that had been bottled up inside of me for a while. I know I should do it more, as I do truly find it to be very helpful when I sit myself down to do it. I just find myself, like so many others, so busy and tired at the end of the day that the last thing I want to do is to write in my journal. Perhaps I should make more of an effort to do so - after all, there are so many benefits of journaling. (You can read more about the benefits of journaling here, & here. This is also a neat site with many journal entries from around the world to get your creative ‘juices’ flowing.) [...]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/#comment-61573 Najaf Ali » Blog Archive » Benefits Of Paper Journaling Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:27:45 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/#comment-61573 [...] Birds Eye View of Your Thoughts. Steve Pavlina goes into more detail on this in his article on journaling. The basic idea is that you can view the development of your thought patterns from a third person perspective and this can give you valuable insights. [...] [...] Birds Eye View of Your Thoughts. Steve Pavlina goes into more detail on this in his article on journaling. The basic idea is that you can view the development of your thought patterns from a third person perspective and this can give you valuable insights. [...]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/#comment-54542 My experience with journaling/blogging « Royce’s Weblog Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:13:24 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/#comment-54542 [...] Journaling can take on all different forms, from the blog style which can address an audience, to the private thoughts that no one else will ever see. All forms have their benefits but based on personal experience dealing with negative emotions is the major one I can vouche for. But I have heard that journaling is great for problem solving, and even seen some good examples from other people. Check out Steve’s blog on Journaling http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/ [...] [...] Journaling can take on all different forms, from the blog style which can address an audience, to the private thoughts that no one else will ever see. All forms have their benefits but based on personal experience dealing with negative emotions is the major one I can vouche for. But I have heard that journaling is great for problem solving, and even seen some good examples from other people. Check out Steve’s blog on Journaling http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/ [...]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/#comment-52956 Feelings Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:17:04 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/#comment-52956 [...] There are a couple different processes I find effective here.  The first is journaling.  I write to clarify my negative feelings and to figure out what thoughts are causing them.  The second process is conversation.  I’ll go to Erin and say, “I’m feeling stressed/angry/disturbed/etc., but I’m not sure why?  Will you help me figure this out?”  Then we sit and talk for a while to get to the bottom of it. [...] [...] There are a couple different processes I find effective here.  The first is journaling.  I write to clarify my negative feelings and to figure out what thoughts are causing them.  The second process is conversation.  I’ll go to Erin and say, “I’m feeling stressed/angry/disturbed/etc., but I’m not sure why?  Will you help me figure this out?”  Then we sit and talk for a while to get to the bottom of it. [...]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/#comment-49613 In 2 Months | Open Mode Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:15:58 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/#comment-49613 [...] To help in making sure my current goals for the next two months are kept, publishing them here seems to be a good idea to help me stick to them. I heard from a professor of mine and also read a post from Steve Pavlina’s blog about journaling that keeping a journal is a powerful tool to help achieve your plans, and this is a time for me when achieving my goals is very important. It’s been a busy summer, and a lot has happened career, educational, and personal wise. I had to make some big changes this month in order to keep myself on the path I want to see myself on in the long term. The changes I’ve made have allowed me to change my set of activities and shift everything in my life to focus more on my long term goals. [...] [...] To help in making sure my current goals for the next two months are kept, publishing them here seems to be a good idea to help me stick to them. I heard from a professor of mine and also read a post from Steve Pavlina’s blog about journaling that keeping a journal is a powerful tool to help achieve your plans, and this is a time for me when achieving my goals is very important. It’s been a busy summer, and a lot has happened career, educational, and personal wise. I had to make some big changes this month in order to keep myself on the path I want to see myself on in the long term. The changes I’ve made have allowed me to change my set of activities and shift everything in my life to focus more on my long term goals. [...]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/#comment-47464 Errant Thoughts » Blog Archive » Thoughts on Journaling Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:14:35 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/#comment-47464 [...] Journaling provides a handful of very specific benefits. It allows you to free-write with respect to your life and the events that happen within it, allowing you to apply the benefits of free-writing (coming up with unlikely ideas; making connections you wouldn’t otherwise; entertaining thoughts you’d normally dismiss out-of-hand) to your daily life. It also provides the following specific benefits, found in a post in Steve Pavlina’s personal development blog: Journaling allows you to break free of sequential thinking and examine your thoughts from a bird’s-eye view. When you record your sequential thoughts in a tangible medium, you can then go back and review those thoughts from a third-person perspective. While you’re recording the thoughts, you’re in first-person mode. But when you’re reading them, you can remain dissociated instead of associated. This dissociative view, when combined with what you’ve already learned from the associative view, will bring you much closer to seeing the truth of your situation. [...] [...] Journaling provides a handful of very specific benefits. It allows you to free-write with respect to your life and the events that happen within it, allowing you to apply the benefits of free-writing (coming up with unlikely ideas; making connections you wouldn’t otherwise; entertaining thoughts you’d normally dismiss out-of-hand) to your daily life. It also provides the following specific benefits, found in a post in Steve Pavlina’s personal development blog: Journaling allows you to break free of sequential thinking and examine your thoughts from a bird’s-eye view. When you record your sequential thoughts in a tangible medium, you can then go back and review those thoughts from a third-person perspective. While you’re recording the thoughts, you’re in first-person mode. But when you’re reading them, you can remain dissociated instead of associated. This dissociative view, when combined with what you’ve already learned from the associative view, will bring you much closer to seeing the truth of your situation. [...]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/#comment-47273 Benefits of Journal Writing Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:32:49 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/07/journaling/#comment-47273 [...] While researching online today I came across this blog entry by Steve Pavlina. In general the entry is about the three benefits Steve sees in journal writing, but do keep reading beyond that first section. [...] [...] While researching online today I came across this blog entry by Steve Pavlina. In general the entry is about the three benefits Steve sees in journal writing, but do keep reading beyond that first section. [...]

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