7 Best Reasons Why You Should Start Journaling Right Away & Make The Most Of Your Spare Time

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How many of us get journals or pretty diaries as gifts, or buy pretty notebooks thinking we’ll start journaling or maintaining a diary but never get around to it? We, for one, have stacks of pretty journals and diaries collecting dust on our bookshelves, waiting to be opened and written in. So with another day going by while we stayed indoors with a melange of emotions building in us threatening to tip over, we decided it was high time to give journaling a shot and let’s just say, we found our calling. So this list is specially curated to tell you about the benefits of journaling, what we learnt from our endeavour and why you should start journaling right away! Read on!

1. To Increase Your Self-Awareness

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Journaling can mean different things for different people, and hold a different kind of attraction for all be it documenting your lids events, pouring out your secrets as an outlet or just maintaining a scrapbook, immortalising all of your favourite things in life - but at the end of the day, the crux of the entire process is becoming self-aware and getting to know yourself better. At times we’re a mystery to ourselves and it’s definitely a lot of fun unravelling it! 

2. To Keep A Record Of Events In Your Life

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Journaling is also a way to record the events in your life. Whether something made you happy or whether something makes you sad, if you learnt something new or tried out a new skill - you can always archive it in your journals. Journals are a form of self-exploration, a way to truly find your maximum potential and sometimes way better than a picture or video to document important moments in your life!

3. To Relieve Stress 

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Whether you like journaling or not, we can’t deny the fact that journaling can be a major stress buster. It helps you rethink situations in a controlled manner and unravel each problem step by step. It also helps take your mind off troubling thoughts as you can simply write down all your worries and concerns and remove all the frustrations you’ve been feeling. So the next time you’re troubled, try writing down your worries and you’ll slowly but surely find a solution! 

4. To Improve Your Writing Skills

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Who knew writing down your deep inner thoughts can make you a better writer? But that’s exactly what journaling can do for you. It’s the best way of penning your thoughts, so if you’re an author, or write for a living or as a passion, this is the best way to delve into your thoughts and give your thoughts and feelings shape. It’ll also help you translate emotions on paper better, ask the right questions and answer your own questions as you dissect each word and attain clarity of thought. 

5. To Record Memories 

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Writing down your thoughts and how your day went is a great way to record memories. You can write down important events in your life and how you felt at those crucial moments and then go back and later look at these entities and reminisce about days that truly made you happy. You might not go back and read a fresh entry the next day or even a few weeks or months, but whenever you do, you’ll look back on the day with fondness! 

6. To Explore Your Feelings 

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We’ve already established that Journaling can be a great way to learn more about yourself, but it can also be a great way to explore your viewpoint and experiment with ideas and potential plans, or even your true feelings. Your diary or journal is your personal property and you can write anything you’ve ever thought of, without the weight of judgement. It’s like a letter to yourself, one that helps you experiment and explore your emotions and feelings to their full potential! 

7. To Help In Dealing With Mental Issues

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Another very important reason why journaling is such a great hobby to pick up is the fact that it is a great way to keep mental issues at bay. Journaling is a fantastic way to become self-aware and recognise when you require some self-care. Sometimes the thoughts in our mind can be a jumble and cause unknown stress, anxiety, fear, apprehension and sadness. So when you jot them down, things start to become clearer. It is also a great way to understand when you’re in need of professional help and need someone to talk through all your problems! 

So, do you agree with us on why journaling can be a life-changing step for you? Let us know in the comments below!