The Journalling Techniques that Changed My Life

9 Journalling Techniques that I've come across/up with over the past 12 years (using the double L spelling coz I'm Australian)

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[nicolim]

2:40 journalling for clarity
3:00 journalling for breaking your mindset
3:48 journalling for daily reflections
4:25 journalling for habits & lifestyle audit
5:34 journalling for when bad things happen
6:35 journalling for anxieties
8:28 journalling for your to do list & direction
9:03 journalling for decision making
9:50 journalling for direction in life

[lotusfae]

"No amount of rehearsing tragedy will ever make you ready for it." Something I've heard and known before, but really needed to hear again right now. Thank you for that!

[ma]

•••Journaling for clarity
Sit down in one session and try to write out every thought that you're having
Keep a notebook with you and every time you have a new thought just jot it down
•••Journaling for breaking your mindset
Imagine 6 impossible things
How can I make someone else happy right now?
What's something in my immediate environment that I have never noticed?
•••Daily reflections
What excited me?
What drained me of energy?
What did I learn?
What are 10 things I'm grateful for?
How did I push the needle forward?
•••Journaling for habits and lifestyle audit
Divide page into three columns
--Actions
--The worst version of myself
--The best version of myself
in first column put day's actions
in other columns mark whether your good or bad self did those actions and add up
•••Journaling for when bad things happen
What happened objectively?
What did I make it mean?
How would I comfort a friend I loved if this happened to them?
How is this the best thing that has ever happened to me?
•••Journaling for anxieties
Divide page into three columns
--Fears
--Fixes
--The outcome that I would bet on
•••Journaling for To Do list and Direction
a bullet point list of all my various obligations
audit the list with:
--What is non-negotiable?
--What is exciting?
--What on my list, if done, would make everything else easier?
--What of these, if the opportunity was taken away from me, would I fight to get back?
--What 20% of activities are producing 80% of the results?
•••Journaling for decision making
What are the options? Are they mutually exclusive?
If I had to make this decision in 60 seconds, what would I choose?
What would this look like if it were easy?
•••Journaling for direction in life
What did I want 5 years ago?
What do I want now?
What do I think I want in five years time?
If I knew I couldn't fail what would I do?

[dabbyleemiller]

“No amount of rehearsing tragedy will make you ready for it” really spoke to me above all the other things that spoke to me, which is basically everything you said. Thank you so much for making this video.

[nikim]

"I'm a pretty anxious dude" *instinctively laughs nervously*
(I've never related to anything so pure and true)

[eh]

How you talk about anxiety with calmness, normality and even humor makes me feel safe. I feel many things similar way as you do but sometimes don't feel seen, since the topics are hard to talk about. I try talking about them in a calm manner, although we anxious people know those feelings are brutal and ugly sometimes. But hearing this type of talk about it makes it just so much more tolerable. You go to the root of journalling, root of problems. You are a very brave person. That you for being! You made my day. I have to start journalling again.

[HellStitcher]

1. Journal for clarity 2:40
2. Journal for breaking mindset 3:02
3. Journal for daily reflections 3:48
4. Journal for habits and lifestyle audit 4:26
5. Journal for When Bad Things Happen 5:33
6. Journal for Anxieties 6:34
7. Journal for to-do list and direction 8:27
8.Journal for decision making 9:03
9. Journal for direction in life 9:49

[LisaGelhaus]

Woah! A 40 minute Keynote in 11 minutes. So many insights from such a charismatic person! I’m glad you brought your life around so you can help others.

[writerandartist]

"A problem well stated is a problem half solved." Charles Kettering.

I did a calligraphy of that quote once. It's useful in MANY situations. Love it!

[duckyluver]

I've been journaling since I learned how to write. I was a very anxious child and my grandpa (who also had anxiety) gave me a journal for my birthday and told me that writing every day would make my life better. I'm infinitely grateful to him for that.

[adgrimes]

This is absolutely hands down the best video about how to get started with your journaling practice that I’ve come across… Thank you!

[MA-btil]

I really like you. Your raw honesty. Your humor. To survive the last few stupid chaotic years, I have begun to make junk journals out of the crap in my home. They have been sitting here, staring at me in all their creative loveliness, abandoned, forlorn, and empty. You inspired me to actually USE them. Your ideas are so simple, real, and helpful. You just made my day and validated the last 2 1/2 years of my crafting through the scams of 2020, et.al. with this simple video. I am sorry for your heartache. But I am blessed by you today, and I bless you back! :) Thank you!!!

[Nathiusca]

Hi! I want to give a helpful tip that my therapist gave to me to add to my journaling. If you struggle with depression and fixate on your thoughts like I do... It is just to make a list for the next day of the essential and basic things that have to be done and check them as you accomplish them. For example for me are things like brush my teeth, brush my hair, take a bath, take my vitamins, clean my pets' dishes. It may sound stupid but I forget to do all of these and I found myself at night feeling more ashamed and guilty than when I woke up just cause I let my thoughts win. As the days go by and you see your lists with the items checked out you'll feel better and proud and later when you realise you find yourself doing those things with joy. Hope that helps ✌️

[ronanhart]

My therapist has taught me to avoid saying stuff like "bad" or "good" because it makes the behavior/action feel moral or immoral. Instead, he says that behaviors are healthy and unhealthy. They're not bad or good, it's just that they may or may not be a healthy thing for me to do. So for those wanting to do #4 but it feels too harsh, maybe think of it instead as a healthy version of yourself (and healthy actions toward that person) and an unhealthy version of yourself (and unhealthy actions). I think for me I would feel too negative about myself if I put actions in the "worst" version of myself and might not want to continue journaling

[tiegz]

Hearing that I'm not the only one who has anxiety fixations and catastrophizes unrealistic events helps me alot, thank you for your candidness ❤

[lovewroteme]

My life spiraled down to rock bottom in 2009 - I was 18 as well. Journaling literally saved my life. And I've never stopped since.

[fabulouss]

Wow! You have created an amazing channel that is so helpful and relevant to your generation. You give a disclaimer that you are not a qualified professional but I disagree…the exact life experience you have lived, and found a way to the other side, gives you way more credibility than a few years at Uni and a piece of paper to prove it. We’ve got it all the wrong way around, it’s people like you who are making the biggest difference in the world today. Bravo 👏

[Makebuildmodify]

Dude! I just pre-ordered the book! I don't care if the book is bad (I know it won't be). I bought it because I want to support another YouTuber that is worth supporting; and I think that you and your team definitely are. I hope the book does well.

[ESaturday]

I like how this is a journaling method that incorporates CBT skills in a way that’s really digestible. CBT has helped me a lot and this seems like a really organized and simple way to implement these skills.

[snxlxphant]

I've wanted to journal for a while now and just didnt know where to start. I wrote out all of your points at the start of my journal as prompts to go back to when I get stuck. Having the structure already there, and not having to stress about it really helps. Thank you so much!!