How to Journal

10 Journaling Strategies to Help You Get Started

Tony Oreglia
4 min readJun 14, 2023
Photo by Jan Huber on Unsplash

Many people are interested in journaling because it is a path to clarity, self control, and peace of mind. Also, words have immense power so people are eager to sharpen this skill set.

There are many benefits to using language effectively. Eloquent speakers can captivate an audience with a story. Skilled writers can earn a raise with a well crafted email. Influencers garner millions of interactions with a single inspirational post. All of this translates to social and monetary success.

If you want to think more clearly and improve your skill with language, journaling is a great habit to foster. If you don’t know where to get started, here are ten journaling ideas to help you get started.

Gratitude

Gratitude journaling has become very popular in recent years. Take a moment to list a few simple things that you are grateful for. This is a chance to stop taking everyday advantages and comforts for granted. It has been shown that a regular gratitude can increase overall wellbeing (1).

Review and Plan

Practically minded want to be productive while journaling. Bullet journaling is a popular method of highlighting anything important from the last day with a list of bullets. A…

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Tony Oreglia

Fullstack Software Engineer living in Lisbon. I write about coding and productivity. I'm building a secure journaling space at https://jumblejournal.org