journaling; journeying

as a kid, my concept of journaling was:

“dear diary,

today i had an ice cream cone after dinner. it’s sunday. mommy made me come to bed early though, because it’s a school night. i hate school nights.

peace out, ronzie.”

it was essentially me projectile vomiting, onto a blank lisa frank diary page, the mundane activities that had filled my mundane day.

now, journaling is a practice i adore, and one i keep in the higher ranks of things that make me happy and keep me collected. my journal is a written governance of my mind and soul, it is my personal constitution scroll and how-to-manual. i’m doing this post because if approached right, you could develop journaling habits that catapult you into a space of positivity and clarity of mind, and i wish that for anyone who comes across my blog.

practices like praying, meditation, and journaling all have a very noteworthy common denominator – they involve deliberately addressing what is on your mind, and expelling that. with praying, you expel your mind’s worries and thoughts onto a supreme being, with meditation, you do so through breathing and centring of self, and with journaling you do so onto blank pages. all three can bring forth clarity and peace, because they involve facing head on what you are conscious of and concerned about, then placing that external to the mind, allowing you freedom to operate optimally and without a cloudy headspace.

journaling is not exclusive to a certain type of person, or gender, or anything – literally anyone can do it, and everyone should. if you haven’t journaled before, or even if you have, try free writing answers to the following prompts. free writing means letting your fingers document every fleeting thought that comes to mind after seeing the prompt, without hesitation or premeditation. after you answer each prompt, go back and read what’s been clogging your mind! i made this playlist to help put you at ease.

prompts-

• i feel best after i ___.
• i am best at ___.
• i was made for ___.
• i am motivated by ___.
• i want to improve my ___.
• i believe in ___.
• ten reasons i love myself are ___.
• ten reasons i hate myself are ___. now cross all ten out. rip the page out. burn it. (i’m serious.)
• i am the true embodiment of ___.
• i want ___ for the world.

knock those out in your next few journaling sessions and move forth in the world more self aware than ever. let me know about your experience.