There have been many studies showing the powerful benefits of daily journaling. In fact most successful entrepreneurs say journaling in one form or the other was a huge contributor to their success.
If you are not journaling daily, here are a few reasons why you should give it a try…
1. Improve Your Writing Skills
Writing each day can and will improve your ability to put your thoughts into words. (But worry about grammar or spelling while journaling)
2. Become More Mindful
Journaling gives you a chance to reflect on yesterday, assess today and plan for tomorrow. This is a great time to be mindful of your current situation.
3. Achieve Your Goals
Use this time each day to re-focus on your goals and document your acheivements.
4. Build Self-Disipline
Setting aside time to journal each day is an act of self-disipline. Over time this will become a habit and your self-disipline in journaling will spread into other areas of your life.
5. Improve Your Creativity
Writing can help you get the juices flowing and spark ideas that would otherwise be lost. Let your thoughts flow and watch your creativity grow!
Personally I can tell you the main benefit I get out of writing each day is 100% increase in productivity. When I journal each morning, I can’t help but plan out my day with several tasks that need to get done and I look forward to writing about what I accomplished the morning.
I can’t say that I have ever heard anyone that had a bad experience with daily journaling… You should give it a try!