Journal No.2

Professional Readings

Journal No.2

READING: THE POWER OF JOURNAL WRIITNG: UNFOLDING YOUR PERSONAL JOURNEY

Source: LM Personality Development pp.7

               The purpose of journal writing is to help you become the Scriptwriter of your life. There are four (4) practical reasons to maintain a journal:

                1. It is cost-efficient and available. Emotional stress can be dealt in many ways like talking to a friend over a cup of coffee, eating, travelling, shopping, painting and many more but writing is the most inexpensive. Notebook and pens are easy to find, available and do not cost so much.

             

           2. It is preventive and pro-active. Writing yields self-awareness. When you write, you can discover your strengths and limitations. You will know what your reactions are in different situations and what better ways to prevent, avoid, or face your fears.

                

               3. It is creative and productive. Journal writing expounds your imagination. You can see various dimensions of your problems, different points of view and better solutions.

                

               4. Lastly, it is personal and private. Unless you want to share your stories, you have the choice to keep them to yourself. Writing is your time alone. It is your way of loving yourself. You will not b judged by your writing.

             Moreover, writing your personal journal helps us to process things in a day, discover something about ourselves, find our strengths and weakness and qualities we want to hone and improve on.

                “A pen is certainly is certainly an eccellent instrument to fix a man’s attention and inflame his ambition.”         –John Adams