10 Ingredients for Journaling

1. It can be creative!

• Photos, pictures, writing or all of the above

• Write stream of conscious or free write for several minutes a day

• Get in touch with your inner child they riding with your left hand

2. Consider a digital journal

• Use a tablet or your phone

• Back up to the cloud!

3. Start where you are

4. It can be just one sentence - its consistently more than volume

• If you are having a hard time with something/someone right about it in the third person

5. Make it personal - it’s about you not everyone else

Keep a log or playlist of your favorite things

6. Create personal rituals

• Gratitude list

• 5 questions

• 4 G’s: Gratitude , Graces, Glitch, Goal

7. Bring it with you everywhere

8. Journal at a specific time each day and use reminders to make sure you get in the habit

9. Relax and do whatever makes it fun

10. No judgement!