KEW Episode 85: Journaling and Accountability

Quick show of hands. Who among us has ever been told they should journal?

Even though this is a ‘should’ statement, people who say ‘you should journal’ mean well.

I’ll say it, and I mean well.

But I’ll say it without using the word ‘should’.

You will benefit from journaling.

If that sounds like a money-back guarantee, it’s the closest thing you can get for free.

But also remember, free advice is worth what you pay for it.

Except that journaling is on, like, 100% of all the ‘to-do’ lists.

Therapists. Coaches. Teachers. Parents. Counselors.

They all know about journaling. It is a powerful tool.

But what is it?

It’s LITERALLY just writing out your thoughts. Either on paper or on a computer or typewriter.

Hell, my podcast is arguably an exercise in journaling and there’s no writing involved.

Journaling is facilitating a flow of thoughts from your brain/mind to some neutral zone.

This facilitation process is fairly easy, but it does several things.

It alters HOW the thoughts move.

In your brain or mind the thoughts are in a known space and will behave as they do in that space.

Often this behavior is insane, monkey-like, and we refer to it as the ‘monkey-mind’. It seems out of control and fear inducing.

Other times thought behavior is more concise and cohesive. “Man, I’m really craving an IPA tonight.”

Mostly, your mind is a bunch of background noise you don’t pay attention to.

When you journal, you ARE PAYING ATTENTION.

You are also directing the behavior of the thoughts to wrangle them on to the paper.

These processes create and require AWARENESS of the thoughts and that you pay ATTENTION to how they form, how you form them on the page.

Those processes, in and of themselves, will induce great effects.

But I can’t really tell you WHAT or HOW. That’s up to your system. It’s all about how it UNFOLDS. It will be unique to you.

So. For the low-low price of free I’ll give you a money-back guarantee that journaling will benefit you but I can’t tell you how, or what, or even when.

I know. It’s the deal of the century.

But that’s how personal growth works, isn’t it?

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