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The Art of Journaling: How To Start Journaling, Benefits of Journaling, and More

Daily Stoic: 3.08.2020

Journaling is not just a little thing you do to pass the time, to write down your memories—though it can be—it’s a strategy that has helped brilliant, powerful and wise people become better at what they do.

Oscar Wilde, Susan Sontag, W.H. Auden, Queen Victoria, John Quincy Adams, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Virginia Woolf, Joan Didion, John Steinbeck, Sylvia Plath, Shawn Green, Mary Chestnut, Brian Koppelman, Anaïs Nin, Franz Kafka, Martina Navratilova, and Ben Franklin. All journalers—just to name a few. It was, for them and so many others, as Foucault said, a “weapon for spiritual combat.” A way to practice their principles, be creative and purge the mind of agitation. It was part of who they were. It made them who they were. It can make you better too.

Whether you’re brand new to the concept of journaling or you’ve journaled in the past and fallen out of practice, this ultimate guide to journaling will tell you everything you need to know to help you make journaling one of the best things you do in 2020 and beyond. You’ll learn not only how to journal, but also the about the benefits of journaling, the famous journaling of the past 2,000 years, the best journals to use, and more. Click the links below to navigate to a specific section or scroll and read the entirety of the page:

I. The Benefits Of Journaling

The Scientific Benefits of Journaling

Bring Your Problems To A Journal

Leave Your Destructive Thoughts In A Journal

Keep A Journal For Your Grandchildren

Journal For Your Future Self

Forget All The Rules About Journaling. Do What Works.

II. How To Journal

Start Small

Track Something In Your Journal

Use Your Journal To Prepare In the Morning

Use Your Journal To Review Your Day In The Evening

Copy Down Important Quotes In Your Journal

Brainstorm Ideas In Your Journal

The Bullet Journal Method

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