The Journaling System that changed my life

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  @struthless · 2 years ago (edited) · pinned

  UPDATE: Making this into a workbook as we speak !! Thanks for the suggestion<br><br>ALSO THIS - someone suggested a journaling card deck typa thing... any interest? Could be cool to have like 100 techniques, drawn + written properly etc...<br><br>☝️✨️let me know✨️👆<br><br>Just coz someone asked: this collection of techniques is very much a pick-and-choose situation, definitely not a &quot;do all 30 every day&quot; typa thing. It&apos;s more like &quot;here’s 30 options (grouped into 5 reasons), if one makes sense for ya give it a shot&quot;<br><br>Some of these i do twice a week, others twice a year. Different situations/days/problems call for different ways to talk to your brain, if ya get me. Take what works, leave what doesn&apos;t, chop and change, go bananas, really.<br><br>And also someone asked about format... notebooks, voice recorder, word doc, etc. To each their own, but I&apos;m pretty format agnostic, personally. My rule: whatever&apos;s closest = the right format

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  @privatedomicile6627 · 2 years ago

  Man, I just gotta say, that in a sea of male role models that promote toxicity and anti social behavior. Your idea of simply being venerable about your own struggles against yourself, and explaining how you have been able to make changes for the better is so powerful. The amount of care you exhibit towards yourself and others is really inspirational, and I hope that more men will start to think this way.

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  @baseballMMAgames · 2 years ago

  Long time therapist here: Much of this is amazing and a great guide. One caveat: Please don&apos;t take deeply troubling or traumatic things and try to re-frame them into something positive. Not only will that not work because it&apos;s too much cognitive dissonance, but it&apos;s a bit dangerous of a paradigm to create for yourself. It&apos;s probably why it felt inappropriate when you did it. I would suggest acknowledging how terrible the thing is, allowing yourself to have that real human emotion, &nbsp;and then asking the question: &quot;How can I grow from this?&quot; I&apos;m sure nobody will read this but just a suggestion from someone who has been working with traumatized people for a very long time.

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  @zahidhusaindmca · 10 days ago

  If anxiety makes normal situations feel far more intense than they should, Anwen Reid’s anxiety quiz might help you understand why your mind reacts that way.

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  @sophiaglagovich9821 · 2 years ago

  I had a therapist once tell me to write down three positive physical experiences I had every single day. It could be something like &quot;the moon is beautiful tonight,&quot; (seeing something beautiful in the physical world), or &quot;the sound of the rain on the roof was soothing,&quot; or &quot;the recipe I cooked today was super delicious.&quot; I have chronic pain, and this focus on the positive physical experiences I have on a daily basis helps remind me that pain isn&apos;t the only physical experience that exists, and gets me out of my head when I get hyper-focused on the pain. It&apos;s been really helpful.

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  @hissykittycat · 2 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;m 52 years old, this is the first time I&apos;ve actually heard REAL, HELPFUL advice about journaling and list making! Thank you so much!!!! Going to listen again and maybe a third time if I need it!

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  @Whoisemmanuel · 2 years ago

  In case anyone else wants a helpful summary to keep as a reminder<br><br>Vent: <br> <br>Example: Writing about what makes you angry or frustrated. This can be a way to start a journaling session and help clear your mind. <br>Obligations: <br> <br>Obligation Dump: Writing down all obligations, big or small. <br>Organize: Categorizing these obligations into broader categories like family, finance, health, work. <br>Prioritize: Using guiding questions to identify the most important tasks. For example, &quot;Does this make the boat go faster?&quot; or Tim Ferris&apos;s question, &quot;Which of these, if done, would make the rest easier or irrelevant?&quot; <br>To-Do List Form: Creating a list with a &apos;bare minimum&apos; and &apos;killing it&apos; section to set realistic daily goals. <br>Mindset: <br> <br>Reframing: Asking, &quot;How is this the best thing that ever happened to me?&quot; to change your perspective on challenging situations. <br>Possibility (Because Statements): Writing statements like &quot;I am healthy because...&quot; and then listing reasons that support this belief. <br>Inversion: Looking at problems from the opposite angle to find solutions. <br>Perspective: Writing advice you would give to a friend in your situation. <br>Discipline: Building discipline through the act of regular journaling. <br>Gratitude: Listing things you are grateful for, focusing on different aspects like mundane things, chance happenings, and things you made happen. <br>Ideate: <br> <br>Rapid Ideation: Setting a timer for 5 minutes and trying to come up with 30 ideas or solutions. <br>How Would X Solve This?: Thinking about how someone else (like a famous brand or person) would solve your problem. <br>Open the Loop: Writing down a question before bed and letting your subconscious work on it. <br>Trajectory: <br> <br>Direction: Regularly assessing whether your daily actions are moving you towards or away from your goals. <br>Day-to-Day Hidden Metrics: Asking yourself at the end of each day: &quot;What excited me today? What drained me of energy? What did I learn?&quot;

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  @daphne2199 · 2 years ago

  I love how you drew all the things just on paper, &nbsp;and I really like this video format, it makes it feel very sincere, honest and organic. Just like a friend that is &nbsp;explaining some techniques to you.

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  @colehaywrites · 2 years ago

  My favourite prompt is &quot;What surprised you today?&quot;<br><br>You&apos;ll end up noticing the coolest stuff (internally and externally) when you start expecting a surprise from life 💫

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  @BrandonKiprop-i1c · 10 months ago

  1. Vent.... what makes you angry...write it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8RQsJ0Q3Mo&amp;t=170">2:50</a> <br>2. Obligations....to get them done <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8RQsJ0Q3Mo&amp;t=228">3:48</a> don&apos;t use your brain to store but solve problems ...will it make the boat go faster<br>3. Mindset....reframe, possibility, inversion, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8RQsJ0Q3Mo&amp;t=561">9:21</a> perspective, discipline, gratitude <br>4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8RQsJ0Q3Mo&amp;t=690">11:30</a> ideate<br>5. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8RQsJ0Q3Mo&amp;t=833">13:53</a> trajectory

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  @lillydevil2486 · 2 years ago

  Bruh, the concept of journaling on a side-ways turned sketchbook has made me immediately more interested in journaling than any other journaling video/blog post ever

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  @belle_kelly · 2 years ago

  Cam you gotta check out a book called &apos;A life discarded&apos; by Alex Masters. A non fiction tale written by a guy who finds 50 years worth of a single persons journals thrown out into a garbage can, takes them home, and tries to construct a biography of the mystery person from only their diaries. Deeply moving, painfully relatable, and truly impactful.

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