Just like showering and eating dinner– this should come naturally. Make journaling a priority in your daily schedule. Let’s look at some steps to take before starting your 30-day challenge. And of course, journaling about specific traumatic events or situations that you’re facing will help you sort through your thoughts and feelings and make better sense of them. Plus, studies show that journaling every day will help you in the future look back on your life to spot themes, patterns, and potential triggers for either negative or positive outcomes. Having a record of what you may see now as your “boring, everyday” experiences will give you a summary of the things that comprise your life and where you are at this stage, including your emotions, hardships, accomplishments, interests,and everything else that comes together to make you who you are. People often only turn to their journal when things are going extremely well or extremely bad–and neglect their journals when things are just…going.īut instead of being reactive in your journaling practice, once you turn this activity into a habit and part of your daily routine, the benefits will begin to surface. Final Thoughts on Building a Journaling Habitįirst, I want to empathize with you about the fact that turning an “every now and then” journaling hobby into an actual habit can be hard.“It still makes me mad when I think about…”
Recall a time in your life that you remember laughing the hardest. What is something that you need to stay away from? “What is the opportunity the universe is giving me by presenting me with this situation?” The 10 things I love the most about my life. Write a love letter to yourself from the perspective of a secret admirer. The 10 biggest gifts I have to offer to the world. Sit in a coffee place with your journal open and write down interesting snippets from other people’s conversations. What is one thing you can do today to make progress in your life? Write about the things that make you nervous. What is a vivid childhood memory? Or your earliest childhood memory? Write about something from different perspectives. If I could talk to my future self, what would I say? 10 things about myself I’ve never told anyone. Write a letter to your childhood best friend. 30 Journal Prompts to Use to Start Your Habit.So let’s take a look at how you’re going to make your journaling habit into an integral part of your life. You know we like 30-day challenges here on DGH, so in this article, we are going to teach you how you can build a journaling habit, and then give you 30 prompts to use for your first 30-Day journaling challenge. You need an external force to drive you to complete this task every day. You wrote for 3 days, nothing happened, and then you took a day off…and then kind of forgot about the whole idea.īut, you know there are benefits to journaling so you’re probably looking for a way to stick to this habit long enough to make it part of your routine. However, if you’re like me, this may be one of those habits that you get really gung-ho about by going out and getting all of the supplies that you need while promising yourself that you’re definitely going to stick to this habit…Īnd then a week later you have some special journaling pens that you haven’t taken out of the packages yet, a journal bookmarked on page 3, and a long-lost memory of your enthusiasm. Having a place to dump all of your stressful thoughts and do some self-reflection can be a very cathartic practice. Journaling is a popular activity for people these days, and rightfully so.
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