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The Folly of Journaling
To benefit from journaling, try this.
Many people who start journaling do so because of the benefits it's supposed to promote. Greater self-awareness and insight into your life ought to help solve difficulties and steer a better course for your life.
Not so fast fellow journaler, Tasha Eurich an organizational psychologist, NYT bestseller author of “Insight: The Surprising Truth About How Others See Us, How We See Ourselves, and Why the Answers Matter More Than We..” which has stacked up an impressive 4.5 stars and 625 reviews, has something to say on this topic.
Tasha states the way most people journal does not improve the insight of their life or gain greater self-awareness. Her studies compared people who journal on a regular basis to people who don’t journal at all. The people who journal daily are no more insightful than people who don’t journal.
Most people use their journal as a sounding board or a gripe board, where they try to excrete all the crap in their heads, out of their heads, and into the journal. While this may temporarily feel good to get it all out on paper, it doesn’t help resolve the issue.
But, there are ways to use your journaling to help resolve issues.
