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The Journal and the Book of Days
November 21st, 2007 by StephenWelcome back! It's good to see you again. Please note that I am now publishing all new material at my hub site: StephenPSmith.com
Kate has an interesting post about Journaling at Blog to Discovery:
Why should you keep a personal journal? | blog to discovery
Why should you keep a personal journal?This is a question I’ve been asking myself recently. I’ve kept a diary on and off since I was eleven and feel that my life is more productive when I keep one. In recent years my writing has been more off than on, however, over the last few weeks I’ve had the urge to start writing again, but I don’t know why.
Of course, one of the main benefits of keeping a journal is the record of your life, which could become historically important (think The Diary of Samuel Pepys). However, there are also meant to be many other benefits of keeping a personal journal:
* helps goal setting and measuring progress
* simply your life
* strengthen your relationships
* empower you
* aids reflection
* reduces stress
* helps focus
* helps to practice writing skills
* creates personal space
* helps to develop self expression
* helps with problem solvingDo you journal, or keep a Book of Days? If so, does it help with your creativity? Leave a Comment.
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November 21st, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Thank you for the quote Stephen. Unfortunately since writing my post I have not been able to spend the time investigating why I keep a journal, but I haven’t stopped writing it.
When I’ve completed Nanowrimo I will have some more free time and I want to look at my journal writing, including looking back over some of my previous posts for the first time.