Journaling Ideas!

 
Keeping a journal can be useful for many different reasons, including as a life coaching exercise. Daily journaling facilitates reflection and can spark useful brainstorming about how to better strive toward your goals. As a Life Coach I encourage you to journal thoughts, feelings, and success. Here are some acronyms to help you. (idea edited from Coach Federation 2013).
 

• J -Judgement – free

Write whatever is in your heart. This journal is personal, private, and a safe space to express your thoughts and feelings.
 

• O- Observation

Journaling is an excellent opportunity for you to step into an observer role. Write down things that happen to you and spend some time thinking about how to interpret it.
 

• U – Understanding

Piggyback off of observation, what you observe can help you reach understanding about ourselves. How you perceive what happens to you is more important that what actually happens to you and observing how you think can help you understand your own thought patterns, which can lead to effective management of your thoughts and behaviors.
 

• R – Revelation

This process can often lead to revelations about your desires, your dreams, your goals, and aspirations. Journaling can help you get in touch with your core self.
 

• N – Needs Assessment

Keeping a daily journal makes it easier to notice problems and potential solutions, as the simple act of writing something down can make it seem simpler and clearer. Keeping everything bottled up can be extremely harmful, and just putting pen to paper can sometimes be all that is needed to release some pressure.
 

• A – Awareness

Writing down your experiences helps you to take a wider perspective on your life, as well as reminding you of problem areas and things you have to be grateful for. Raising awareness of these areas is the first step towards making the necessary changes and appreciating what you have.
 

• L – Life

Quality Journaling is known to be an effective way to de-stress and decrease anxiety. Just a few minutes a day can have a major impact on health and happiness.
 
Happy Journaling Everyone.
 
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