Daily journaling has been one of the best uses of my time and makes a big impact on my day. What are some of the benefits you see to journaling? What do you find difficult about sticking to the habit?
Matt Ragland one benefit for me is being able to jot down what I’m doing at that given time and look back at growth. But it helps to deciliter my mind. Sometimes I’ll just jot down a few things here and there. It’s crazy how something so small can be a big help.
I have been journaling for 27 years. My journal is my friend. His name is Bernardo. I write about everything. Some days I write nothing and some days I write six pages front and back or anything in between. I use 5 subject notebooks. Smaller notebooks are not enough for me. I journal too much for a one subject notebook or a commercially made journal. I take Bernardo everywhere. My journal lasts me one year. Journaling is not a task or a chore for me. I cannot be me without Bernardo. I feel like half of me is missing without my journal.
Two great resources: “Writing as a Way of Healing,” by L.DeSalvo; highlights research indicating of 3 study groups (one did no journaling, one documented events only, one documented & expressing feelings) the group who both documented events & expressed feelings about those event showed lowest stress & best physical/mental health indicators. Another great book is, “Willpower Instinct” by K. McGonigal (based on Stanford Uni workshop).
Thank you. I believe you are the first person who recorded a journaling video who actually showed us sample pages from your journal! It was helpful to get a sense of what someone might write about. Also, I want to offer a suggestion for what to do if you don't want to walk around with a journal in your pocket. You can record notes in Google Keep and it types the out. It dates them automstically so just add a "Journal" label to fetch them all.
Hello, I love your videos but for a totally different reason. I'm a 61 year old widow, I lead a very boring life. I have health issues, so I cant work or volunteer anymore. Im pretty much stuck at home. Why would someone like this old lady journal? Because with age comes memory issues. So I keep a bullet journal, and a journal and a book for brain dumping. With out these helpful little books I would NOT remember if I had taken my various medications. Or if I had a bad night sleep wise. Or what my blood pressure and weight is. But journaling daily is something I want to do, but I really don't have much to write about, UNTIL I saw this video. Thanks Matt for your helpful suggestions. These types of things aren't only good for productivity, but for senior citizens who just want to remember what they did a month ago...things they saw, days they enjoyed and why. I hope this opens some new ideas for your videos, you can market not only to working folks, but to senior citizens like me as well.
Thank you for giving us a glimpse inside your journals! Like yourself, I enjoy/use the logbook method. And yes to pocket size notebooks! Field Notes are a personal favorite, along with softcover Moleskines. Looking forward to more of your journaling videos! It's refreshing hearing a guy's perspective of the benefits of journaling. Love it!
I fricking love this video. I got a journaling set from my boss last Christmas and I only opened it till now so I'm studying ways guys use it. All the search results have so far been about guys talking about how manly they are and how their journals are not feminine and all that vain shit. This is the first video that talks about the actual journaling process.
I'm in the productivity class and I've been doing the logbook style every morning and night, it has helped me focus and get so much done. It's by far my favorite thing right now.
I loved The 31 promts, helped me to journal regular, sometimes I just lack of energy and willpower so I will try this tips. Thanks for your awesome contents.
I've been writing since i was 11. I write to myself, to God to the world. Sometimes i begin with the weather or important event. I always include the date. I make lists, write poems, feelings, dreams and even jokes or short stories.
I have weeklies and dailies. On my dailies I have a column for work what I need to do and a column for home tasks. Before bed I fill out my dailies with journaling of how my day was and what I did. There was one day that I was so busy and exhausted that I’d just write “long day. Exhausted! Don’t want to write! Zzzz”
I know this will be a great video so I've clicked on the thumbsup right before watching it. Since the January Journal Challenge, I gained a lot of momentum in daily journaling. Now, I was thinking about the questions, other than my 'wins', 'takeways' and 'opportunities,' I need to ask myself daily that can bring impact for tomorrow's. Thanks, Matt!
Excellent video!! I’m trying to get back into journaling since I am traveling to Japan for almost three weeks early next year and want to not focus so much on using my iPad heavily while abroad, but also for my mental health. Also, glad to see a fellow Nashville person!
Jim Carrey much? You probably hear that a lot. I journal my little heinie (hiney, if you prefer) off. I’ve recently jumped onboard the highly popular BuJo, I have kept “writing” journals for years along with Nature Journals and Spiritual Journals. The thing I’ve learned is how much of a cycle my life is. When anyone comes across some huge thing they wrote 10 years ago and immediately recognizes they are writing the same things now, it is more revealing than a decade of counseling. That’s my number one reason, and it helps you remember, and a planner can help anyone to finish what they started. Productivity is one goal. Thank you for all your help.
Thank you so much for this!! Yes, I tend to over think it..I have to research techniques, books,you tube, what notebooks, pens, yadda yadda..then I'm all ready to start and I have nothing going on in my head to write about.. unless I am really mad about something, then it is great as a vent tool! :-)
I think for me its hard because I tend to write every little detail especially because Im a high school student I write about each class, what we learned, what I thought about and so on.😂😭
Sheldon Lacsina glad it was helpful! Someone mentioned “morning pages” as a practice too, I totally forgot to include it but added an article in the notes.
Excited for another new video! Curious if you have you read "The Journal Writing Superpower Secret" by Michael Forest. Looking for opinions from folks who have read, and this seems right up your alley.
I love dropping by your channel now and then. You always always have something interesting and inspiring. Today the beard was a shock...I guess I haven't been here for awhile. :)
Matt - good stuff. You familiar with Julia Cameron's "Morning Pages?" She has several books and many articles and videos on the topic, but it's an exercise to facilitate a "brain dump" and a streaming flow of thought. Not exactly what you are discussing here, but somewhere along the line, may compliment your efforts. Thanks again.
Is it possible to combine long form journaling within the bullet journal system? I've been messing with different ways to organize this. So far, I just log everything in my index.
Hi Matt, do you do work meeting notes in another book? As I find 2 and maybe toward 3 is all a journal lasts as maybe 10-20 pages a week of notes and planning between the bullet month pages and week review. (It is my own variation) Just wondered how you do that and keep 1 journal so long?
Tristan Bailey good question! I mostly take meeting notes on Google Docs or Basecamp since they’re often shared on the company. Then I transfer for action items to the BuJo
Matt Ragland thank you that makes sense. As I run a digital agency most of my notes are in meetings at clients. Or siting in a quiet spot with a coffee so enjoy freedom of not having a screen. Though having the notes more shareable would be nice. I don’t have a problem finishing a book. Just means I get to redo my quarter and year tracking pages more often. So setting out a journal is a good relaxing process. I’d like to keep one book a quarter though so might carry a second note book and then do summaries as doing a what steps next and unknown/ known review after new project client meetings is helpful to capture the moment. Thank you and keep sharing the positive vibes. :)
@@MattRagland you look a little like Jim Carey too. BTW, excellent video. There are so many great videos on CZcams on how to start a journal, but this is the first I've come across that touches on the topic how how to stick to it.
Daily journaling has been one of the best uses of my time and makes a big impact on my day. What are some of the benefits you see to journaling? What do you find difficult about sticking to the habit?
Journaling is great to measure progress in goals
Matt Ragland one benefit for me is being able to jot down what I’m doing at that given time and look back at growth. But it helps to deciliter my mind. Sometimes I’ll just jot down a few things here and there. It’s crazy how something so small can be a big help.
Tool OnDaBoards totally agree, thanks for sharing!
Karen Naropa Baker absolutely agree
Do you ever journal to document? If so what do you document?
I have been journaling for 27 years. My journal is my friend. His name is Bernardo. I write about everything. Some days I write nothing and some days I write six pages front and back or anything in between. I use 5 subject notebooks. Smaller notebooks are not enough for me. I journal too much for a one subject notebook or a commercially made journal. I take Bernardo everywhere. My journal lasts me one year. Journaling is not a task or a chore for me. I cannot be me without Bernardo. I feel like half of me is missing without my journal.
i love this style so much. it's pretty much the opposite of neurotic (ahem mainstream bullet journaling)
Thanks for saying so! Glad you like it :)
Two great resources: “Writing as a Way of Healing,” by L.DeSalvo; highlights research indicating of 3 study groups (one did no journaling, one documented events only, one documented & expressing feelings) the group who both documented events & expressed feelings about those event showed lowest stress & best physical/mental health indicators. Another great book is, “Willpower Instinct” by K. McGonigal (based on Stanford Uni workshop).
Thanks for sharing those resources too! Willpower is great.
Thank you. I believe you are the first person who recorded a journaling video who actually showed us sample pages from your journal! It was helpful to get a sense of what someone might write about. Also, I want to offer a suggestion for what to do if you don't want to walk around with a journal in your pocket. You can record notes in Google Keep and it types the out. It dates them automstically so just add a "Journal" label to fetch them all.
Hello, I love your videos but for a totally different reason. I'm a 61 year old widow, I lead a very boring life. I have health issues, so I cant work or volunteer anymore. Im pretty much stuck at home. Why would someone like this old lady journal? Because with age comes memory issues. So I keep a bullet journal, and a journal and a book for brain dumping. With out these helpful little books I would NOT remember if I had taken my various medications. Or if I had a bad night sleep wise. Or what my blood pressure and weight is. But journaling daily is something I want to do, but I really don't have much to write about, UNTIL I saw this video. Thanks Matt for your helpful suggestions. These types of things aren't only good for productivity, but for senior citizens who just want to remember what they did a month ago...things they saw, days they enjoyed and why. I hope this opens some new ideas for your videos, you can market not only to working folks, but to senior citizens like me as well.
this helped me so much... I've been journaling for 8 years now but never been able to stick to it daily so this video was very helpful
Thanks for watching Elise!
Thank you for giving us a glimpse inside your journals! Like yourself, I enjoy/use the logbook method. And yes to pocket size notebooks! Field Notes are a personal favorite, along with softcover Moleskines. Looking forward to more of your journaling videos! It's refreshing hearing a guy's perspective of the benefits of journaling. Love it!
Thanks so much for watching!
I fricking love this video. I got a journaling set from my boss last Christmas and I only opened it till now so I'm studying ways guys use it. All the search results have so far been about guys talking about how manly they are and how their journals are not feminine and all that vain shit. This is the first video that talks about the actual journaling process.
I'm in the productivity class and I've been doing the logbook style every morning and night, it has helped me focus and get so much done. It's by far my favorite thing right now.
Thanks so much Amanda, glad it's helping!
I loved The 31 promts, helped me to journal regular, sometimes I just lack of energy and willpower so I will try this tips. Thanks for your awesome contents.
Thanks Adriana!
I've been writing since i was 11. I write to myself, to God to the world. Sometimes i begin with the weather or important event. I always include the date. I make lists, write poems, feelings, dreams and even jokes or short stories.
I have weeklies and dailies. On my dailies I have a column for work what I need to do and a column for home tasks. Before bed I fill out my dailies with journaling of how my day was and what I did. There was one day that I was so busy and exhausted that I’d just write “long day. Exhausted! Don’t want to write! Zzzz”
I know this will be a great video so I've clicked on the thumbsup right before watching it. Since the January Journal Challenge, I gained a lot of momentum in daily journaling. Now, I was thinking about the questions, other than my 'wins', 'takeways' and 'opportunities,' I need to ask myself daily that can bring impact for tomorrow's. Thanks, Matt!
Niño SM thanks so much! Glad you liked the challenge too :)
Excellent video!! I’m trying to get back into journaling since I am traveling to Japan for almost three weeks early next year and want to not focus so much on using my iPad heavily while abroad, but also for my mental health.
Also, glad to see a fellow Nashville person!
Has anyone ever told you: you're a spitting image of young Jim Carry?
Nicely Done!
Jim Carrey much? You probably hear that a lot. I journal my little heinie (hiney, if you prefer) off. I’ve recently jumped onboard the highly popular BuJo, I have kept “writing” journals for years along with Nature Journals and Spiritual Journals. The thing I’ve learned is how much of a cycle my life is. When anyone comes across some huge thing they wrote 10 years ago and immediately recognizes they are writing the same things now, it is more revealing than a decade of counseling. That’s my number one reason, and it helps you remember, and a planner can help anyone to finish what they started. Productivity is one goal. Thank you for all your help.
Thank you so much for this!! Yes, I tend to over think it..I have to research techniques, books,you tube, what notebooks, pens, yadda yadda..then I'm all ready to start and I have nothing going on in my head to write about.. unless I am really mad about something, then it is great as a vent tool! :-)
0:36 Love that quote!!
Loved this. One of my top 3 favorite journaling videos to get me started.
I have to apologise for passing up your videos. Once watched, I'm hooked. Love your ideas!!
Thanks Tanya!
I love your videos, I really like how you help me to stick with this habit of journaling and keep that habit going on
Great tips ... now I'm off to read all those articles you mention. Thanks so much for sharing! ~Pam
Stationery Nerd thanks Pam!
PAM !
@@AshleyMurphyArt -- hey, friend! ♥
Great video Matt. Thank you.
Appreciate you watching Captain 👍🏻
Thank you Matt, Ive been Journaling for a few months your Video's and advice is very helpful
jason shone thanks for watching!
Much thanks for this video!
Gave me some good insights
Yay! Welcome back, boss!
Thanks so much!
I think for me its hard because I tend to write every little detail especially because Im a high school student I write about each class, what we learned, what I thought about and so on.😂😭
Good one Matt...I’ve been stuck in my same ol journaling, and have been thinking of how to change it up..this video helped🤙🏽thanks man!
Sheldon Lacsina glad it was helpful! Someone mentioned “morning pages” as a practice too, I totally forgot to include it but added an article in the notes.
Great video! Any particular reasons for maintaining different journals (like the bullet journal, daily log ones etc.)
Thanks for sharing this
Thanks for watching Douglas!
Excited for another new video! Curious if you have you read "The Journal Writing Superpower Secret" by Michael Forest. Looking for opinions from folks who have read, and this seems right up your alley.
I haven't - will check it out!
Very informative.Thank you!!!
I love dropping by your channel now and then. You always always have something interesting and inspiring. Today the beard was a shock...I guess I haven't been here for awhile. :)
Thanks for coming back by! Winter beard in full effect.
Good seeing this new upload Matt. I mentioned you and your channel in my recent upload!
Ashley Murphy oh I’ll check it out! Thanks!
Hi matt i love your videos i hope you make a video about starting to journal
Good Suggestiins.
Matt - good stuff. You familiar with Julia Cameron's "Morning Pages?" She has several books and many articles and videos on the topic, but it's an exercise to facilitate a "brain dump" and a streaming flow of thought. Not exactly what you are discussing here, but somewhere along the line, may compliment your efforts. Thanks again.
Ah yes! Love her work!
Just updated the description to include a link to morning pages.
Yea.......... I LOVE one line per day. It’s great. I don’t force it though. I think it could lose its value if I *made* myself write my daily line.
Can you do a free form journalling practice in your bullet journal ?
Super helpful thank you
Glad you liked it!
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Please do a journal /notebooks haul
great content buddy.
BROTHA DERRICK STYLE thanks man 👏🏻
Is it possible to combine long form journaling within the bullet journal system? I've been messing with different ways to organize this. So far, I just log everything in my index.
Tiffany Tan Yep! You can find it on Ryder Carrol’s website. Or on his CZcams channel.
Is it okay to keep a journal on the phone?
Any journal is a good journal ❤️
Hi Matt, do you do work meeting notes in another book? As I find 2 and maybe toward 3 is all a journal lasts as maybe 10-20 pages a week of notes and planning between the bullet month pages and week review. (It is my own variation)
Just wondered how you do that and keep 1 journal so long?
Tristan Bailey good question! I mostly take meeting notes on Google Docs or Basecamp since they’re often shared on the company. Then I transfer for action items to the BuJo
Matt Ragland thank you that makes sense. As I run a digital agency most of my notes are in meetings at clients. Or siting in a quiet spot with a coffee so enjoy freedom of not having a screen. Though having the notes more shareable would be nice.
I don’t have a problem finishing a book. Just means I get to redo my quarter and year tracking pages more often. So setting out a journal is a good relaxing process. I’d like to keep one book a quarter though so might carry a second note book and then do summaries as doing a what steps next and unknown/ known review after new project client meetings is helpful to capture the moment.
Thank you and keep sharing the positive vibes. :)
Ok, dude you sound too much like Jim Carrey
Haha yes I've heard that :D
@@MattRagland you look a little like Jim Carey too. BTW, excellent video. There are so many great videos on CZcams on how to start a journal, but this is the first I've come across that touches on the topic how how to stick to it.
When i have a big journal i do find it difficult and i want them to be filt
Just page by page my friend!
I am scared as to how similar your cursive writing is to mine.
Oh really?! That’s pretty cool.
Then prompt link you sent isent working :(
2020?
You look a lot like jim carry
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I love your videos, I really like how you help me to stick with this habit of journaling and keep that habit going