A journal provides a safe space where we can jot our ideas without facing judgment - including our own. We can be our harshest critic and put unnecessary pressure on our writing and projects to meet our high personal standards, but the idea of an empty book into which we can spill all of our thoughts onto without needing or organize, edit, or analyze is freeing. The ability to take the random thoughts roaming around our minds and pour them into empty pages - like parking lots - conditions us to accept new thoughts as they reappear. This cyclical process of acceptance (fuel up) and documentation (empty) actually fosters our creativity and makes us more in tune with our thoughts. And if your journal has a specific theme, such as gratitude, daily events, religion, professional development, or book reviews, then the theme is doing the organization for you; all you have to do is think, write, repeat.
Do you keep a journal? Does it have a theme? What do you feel after you have filled the pages of your journal, and how does that carry into your day-to-day events?
