Noting down the events of our day-to-day life in a notebook or a diary can go a long way in matters of our happiness. There is not one but many types of journaling. Journals about our vacations or travelling, dreams or goals journal, love-life diary or thanking journals are some of which are common. It doesn’t always have to be something that happens in your life on a daily basis. You can also write down what you wish to do the next day or in future and live your life to execute those plans. There are many reasons why maintaining a journal can be beneficial to every individual, some of which are: –
Clear mind – Sometimes life gets so rough that we don’t even get proper time to focus on our mind. What we think affects us the most. When we maintain a diary, we give time to think and it helps to clear, sort out or organize our thoughts. It is beneficial for having mental stability.
Improves your writing skills – The best way to improve your language and writing skills is to write more. This is the reason why we had to write essays and compositions in the school. By writing every day in a diary, we try to create new sentences and use the words that we learn throughout the day and that improves our overall language skills.
Helps you be determined – When you note down a certain happy thing or proud thing that happened in your life, it makes you happy and satisfied and creates an eagerness to achieve more. Also writing about your future ambitions or pans in the diary will constantly remind you what your goal is and help you pursue or take efforts to complete the task.
It is stress-relieving – Noting down your feelings and emotions on a page is like sharing them with someone. The only difference is your diary keeps it safe and secret. It helps you get rid of your negative feelings and start fresh on the next day. If those emotions get piled up without you releasing them, they will burst out due to anger and will cause you deep mental stress.
Helps you remember well – To write something you always have to think of good words to make a beautiful sentence. Remembering those words will strengthen your vocabulary. Also, when you write about your daily life, you relive those moments in your mind and it becomes easy to remember those things well in the future if need be.
You maintain a record – Might not be an emotional benefit, but it is still good to note down something today for future reference. You can write down how much money your friend borrowed so that you don’t forget it. You can write what happens every day, and someday in future when you don’t remember the exact details of the event, you can just read the page for that particular day and remember everything.
With these many benefits, anyone would want to start journaling today itself. So, grab a pen and a notebook and begin.