The Power Of Journaling | Stoic Exercises For Inner Peace
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- The Stoics have a long-standing tradition in journaling, with Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations as clearest evidence.
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"Paper has more Patience than People."
That's a good one
@Mary Teresa Then you can do something different every day so you can write different things from that experiences
By Anne Frank❤
I do not like to dump on people.
~Anne Frank
When I was in 9th grade, our English teacher would make us free write for five minutes at the beginning of the period. Free writing is when you basically, "write as you think." She made us keep a notebook dedicated for that activity. No topic or any writing prompt provided. Just write literally whatever comes in mind for five whole minutes. At first it seemed futile. But later on, it served very beneficial. I had no idea how so much random thoughts and ideas are floating in my mind. It allowed me a five-minute break from everything else and get rid of those unnecessary thoughts that are consuming my mind power. I'm now in college and I still practice free writing in the middle of my day to take a pause from everything.
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1. Preserving personal life lesson 1:47
2. Illuminating what's in the dark 2:38
3. Strengthening discipline 3:28
4. Reduce anxiety 4:29
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thank you🙂
Journaling is so underrated.
Lol.. man you are funny
@@ASHISHPATEL-ot3lu why is he funny ?
@@lukiso5734 why do u want to know lol.
For decades I journaled, it greatly helped me to see people well and myself and my past, I was able to clearly see people gaslighting me. People trying to discourage my progress. I gained insights and wisdom and a strong mind, and assurance. Reflection is wise to see one's own self.
so true
i have found out that journaling declutters my mind and helps me track my emotional triggers and patterns.
Same here
Second that.
Thank you...
DARK ARTS MASTER
The day my son turned seven years old was the day I decided to finally step away from a toxic relationship with his mother. I had already separated from her three years prior, but it was a consistent off and on thing in which I naïvely hoped to “recover my family.” However, on that day, she told me she finally had settled down with another man, but still wanted me to be her friend... but I realized on that day that there was no future in this addiction to her, so I stepped away, bought a journal, read Jordan Peterson, then read Carl Jung, began journaling my dreams, and I will honestly say that my life has transitioned to a much more harmonious and peaceful place now than it was a year and a half ago. I have written almost eight hundred pages, and I’ve become just a bit more conscious of my own shadow.
Thank you for sharing this
That's the way to do it!
Great to hear a testimonal about how journaling helped. I can see how your situaiton could had turned bad if you hadn't journaled to deal with the emotions. I have to check out the writers you had suggested. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing😊
But bro what should I write. I don't even know that.
I just sit down and just look my paper and pen my brain just go blank.
And then chaotic thoughts starts to come again 😢
When you have no one that understands you as deep as you go, paper is all ear for you. It provides so much clarity and and a overall sense of calm in your life, it increases your memory, and it provides structure and motivates you to keep going because it gives you a better overall understanding of yourself and therefore a more meaningful purpose in life! So pick up that pencil and start writing, about whatever you find important!
Writing not only safed my life, it also improved it by levels I couldn't imagine was possible! One love ya'll!
Absolutely Matthijs, I especially find a lot of people whom I talk to never want to get deep into certain topics of discussions. Not that they are not smart but they prefer to think on a surface level, as there are happier things for them to think of. I found I need more and putting thoughts pencil to paper is ridiculously therapeutic.
Cool!!!
In our lives, we remember the big moments. What I like to do is write down the small moments of specific days that I would normally forget. Then when I'm an old man I can look back and remember fondly what happened that day.
@@sfjlfkjsdlfkjds Yes I've heard of this before. We only remember the things that are novel and everything else fades away
I used to casually journal in "google keep app" over few years, I never really payed attention to it or bothered to do it consistently. One time I wanted to delete the app but first I thought I'd quickly go over the entries and I was shocked! For the first time I realized, I was running in circles constantly wanting and staving for same things month after month after month. I was so unaware of the loops I'm in.And because of that I decided to address this and spend then next 2 years building proper habits and actually fulfil those goals. I don't know how I would have seen this loop if it wasn't for old journal entries, I'm still freaked out to this day of how else I would have snapped out of it. So yes journaling is that important. Great video, thx for sharing :)
*"The only person we should compare ourselves to is our past self"* I LOVE that you said this - its such a powerful lesson and One that I've been practicing and teaching for a few years now. This way we are constantly in the "gain mindset" lifting and fueling ourselves forward from measuring our progress instead of measuring ourselves against others or our future self - non existant ideals that put us into the "Gap mindset" Keep up the great work!
1. Preserve personal life lessons. Unique. Past self comparison. Prevent repetitive mistake.
2. Illuminate what is in the dark. Prevent shadow manifesting.
3. Strengthening discipline. Program discipline within self.
4. Reduce anxiety. Removes emotional blockages. Order out of chaos. Soothing. Do it constructively to prevent self-obsession, passivity.
I am in recovery from addiction and have found that journaling has helped me recognise the destructive patterns of thinking and subsequent behaviours. Journaling helped me with pausing before responding to any given situation. It has also helped me identify my own shadow. It's been my therapist and friend for the last 7 years and it works for me
I've often found out that venting my thoughts out on a piece of paper, when I'm really frustrated & mad at someone or something I can't do anything about, helps a lot to restore my inner peace. Not rea the same as regular journaling, but works for me.
I loved the quote in this video “We are journaling ourselves into our souls”
*"The history is for us to learn from it."*
It really reduces anxiety to plan the days I dread or if a week looks crammed with lots of stuff I'd rather not do but have to, if I just write everything down on one page, it looks manageable and isn't that looming monster anymore, but just an ugly thing I have to get past.
What really transformed my daily life, is not having seperate notebooks for different areas of my life (as one for mundane tasks, only only for creative purposes, and so on) but throwing absolutely everything into one. It felt weird at first, but it saves me so much pain and I don't have millions of half filled notebooks lying around. When it's filled, I go through it again and see if there are things I want to copy into a very beautiful or special notebook with a specific theme, and just copy it into that one. I love that system! 🌟
And questions. Sometimes I just start filling a page with questions, when I'm really overwhelmed, so I don't pressure myself to analyze everything as I go or try and find solutions immediately. The insecurities can just flow out and after they're out of the way, the calm, adult self can come in and try to find "answers". And maybe that's not even needed anymore, the fears just wanted to get out without an attempt to fix them right away! Maybe that can help someone!
Happy journaling everyone! 👑🐳
Lovely commentary, thanks for sharing ♡
I totally understand taking important notes from different journals and placing them in a special themed notebook.I thought I was the only one who did this.Its one of my favorite things to do....
THANK YOUU
Can you make a video on how to journal properly?
Hmm.. I believe there's no 'proper' way. Do it they way you can :)
You have to practice....When you write, you will have a strong need to write in a way that some day someone else will read it...And because of this, you will NEVER write the truth...Your writting will become useless...You have to teach yourself that when you write, its only for you...Try both ways, you will see the difference..
Here is an exercise you can use....Write 1+1=2 on one of your bedroom
walls,,,in 1 ft letters with a black magic markers...and look at it twice during the day and before writting...It means ( simple, clear, and certain )
Hm. I was also going to ask for that
@@outsider1st As stated in the video @ 5:25, there is an improper way.
i recently started and I write down whenever I feel and want to write down. Taking breaks day 1 or 3 doesn't matter. that's my way of journaling, I guessed ;)
Wait when i journal i often write negative shit that happened to me and i feel much better few minutes after...I declutered my mind and got rid of negative thoughts by putting them on paper,so i don't agree with that gentlmen who said you must journal only looking for solutions!
Maybe it's about wallowing around in your misery and staying there that isn't helpful. What you do sounds like the healthy version: get it out of your head and on to paper, and then move forward because you freed yourself. The unhelpful thing would be to get stuck in the same miserable stuff.
I agree, I can't imagine how can it be bad.... actually, it becomes 'bad' when you worry about doing it the 'right' way, because it can become a controlled, mind deceiving activity, and loose all purpose.
4 years of this incredible habit here. It started with events of my daily life, poorly described, but now my journal has no limits:
- Sections dedicated to my goals that time to time I review and check my progress;
- Daily life events that I use pictures, sometimes to enrich them;
- Thoughts and feeling entries;
- Ideias to use on Work, Studies, etc.
I use a digital journal because I can add updates on the entries I judge that would be useful for my life. Another reason to use the digital version, is that I can put tags and divide some entries so later, I can access quickly what is most important.
I have written daily in a journal for 51 yrs. It is a habit that has helped me figure out my mental health journey in a positive way. I dump my negativity in it instead of on my fellow travelers and figure out how to act in the way I feel is really me…a loving person. I collage ephemera, add stickers and my own drawings as well. Keeping it legible is my only rule. I don’t leave it out for others to “accidentally “ read to preserve integrity. Don’t worry- just do it. ❤️😀🥳🌷
Ok, you have convinced me to go and start journaling again !
💯 Accurate
Been journaling for two months now. Its a bit like talking constructively with yourself like how you would with a therapist. Don't be afraid if you suck at it to begin with, I did and now my journaling is a lot more complex. Lots of benefits.
Journaling is so relaxing and have meditative effect on mind as well .
This is the clearest explanation why someone would want to try journaling. Thank you!
You've convinced me, I'll write it before training as I'm already building a routine to strengthen discipline
Started journaling 2 months ago. Very awesome. Highly recommend!
I use to journal a lot in my late teens, then I went to uni and started meeting new people and they often made fun of my journal - so I stopped doing it. In 2018, after I quit World of Warcraft I started to journal again to deal with the anxious thoughts related to being addicted to that game. It helped tremendously. Afterward, though, my journals became my creative outlet. When I was bored at work, I would write down an idea for a novel, a part of worldbuilding, scribble the alphabet for a language I was thinking about. It's been three years since I started journaling regularly, now I have eight journals spanning from 2018 to March 2021. Journaling has helped me a lot, I highly recommend it. And don't listen to dickheads who make fun of you saying: "Dear diary, today blah blah blah".
I have been taking notes on stoicism, etc. Journaling has helped me, thank you! 🙏🏻
I watched this about 3 years ago and it kickstarted my daily writing practice. I also made me one of your greatest fans. I am now in the process of writing my own book called 'The Non Prophet Devotional". I write about spiritual matters for people who have been religiously wounded. Many people have influenced me along the way, but you gave me the initial motivation to start writing every day. Thank you.
My biggest fear is that someone will find and read my journal. I know I could keep an online journal, but my typing skills are bad. It would be way too frustrating. I'll just need to remember to lock my journal in a drawer.
I have the same fear with you. That's why I buy laptop with pen to "write" virtual journal.
Use codes and bad hand writing that only you can discern
Journaling helps me find ideas from deep inside me, that only through spiral or circle thinking, cannot be accessed. While journaling I get amazed of the stuff
getting out of my subconscious.
It’s interesting when I write my thoughts down and soon after I wrote it, “i” came up with a solution and it sooth my anxiety.. it’s amazing and things I’ve been grasp and hold on to doesn’t seem as important as I project the world to myself. Thank you and your channel, you are helping many people out there!
Thank you very much for these videos. I recently started setting tomorrow's goals in a notebook, it reduces my anxiety.
Not just journaling, but all the tests I took years, years, years ago, which I printed out and I hold on to it (didn't lose in Harvey phhh) is so helpful today. Keep up the good work sir!
Journaling, habit that improved my way of thinking.
I have been journaling for most of my adult life. I just want to add something. Journaling does not just have to be about what is going on in your immediate life. It also works well to process thinking about topics like are presented by these videos. It is also a good way to clear the mind of bits and pieces just like meditation. Anyone that finds themselves to seemingly just writing about negative things going on, please take a moment each day to write down one thing that you are thankful for. It helps you to not dwell in the negative aspects of life so much.
Journalizing to me is like poetry 💯
One benefit of journaling has been to make a record of events that I can refer to later on. I often find that my recollection of events becomes distorted over time. When I record them promptly, I have a more accurate description of what happened.
The information you shared is so encouraging and a perfect way to journal. Thank you
I always write down my tasks everyday and highlight each accomplishments. Be it on paper or online calendar. Not only it reminds me of what I should do, it also limits me to do necessary things. Keep up on uploading this kind of videos, in the past i thought that being indifferent is something to shy about but you help me realize that its an awesome thing to be indifferent.
This was absolutely fantastic, thank you , going to develop the discipline of journaling this month and into the future , thank you again
Journaling is my most magical tool. It helps process emotions faster. I started to keep track of a partner who was gaslighting. Then evolved into an entire meditative world. It is so interesting to read back, especially now that it has been over ten years. It helps me remember where I have been to keep focused on where I am going. Plus cut the bad folks off with true evidence.
Journaling was a part of my life 50 years ago. Does not surprise me. Here we are. Thank you!🙋♀️
Journaling had/has a role with becoming and staying sober, a lot of documented relapses and why they happened and how to maybe find ways to avoid falling back. Relapses happend 2-3 days before i got drunk again, i felt back into old habits, mindset wasn't good, inactive lifestyle for example, the relapse was predictable. Positive affirmations, roughly planing the day, reminding my ass to be thankful of what i've got. I keep it simple, honest and sex it up with smilies...who cares it is my journal.
I have been been journaling for while it helps me with over thinking and things bothering me particularly intense dreams as I find are reflection of waking life. It helps me pinpoints emotional states which need healing. Sometimes I add little sketches for projects. Times when I don't get write journal entry I'm more likely to be overwhelmed with negative thoughts. Journaling really helps. You have so many thought provoking videos.
I have been journaling since I was 16. My purpose going into it was to record my personal history. Though over time, when I feel bad, I stop journalling, that's a consistent theme in my journals. If I am not feeling bad, I'm observing and then pouring out my emotions. Just ruminating over and over again. I got to the point where I did not want to write some things because I was ashamed of having done them, I know I would look like an idiot if I confessed in there that I did it.
I look at past journals as reasons to be ashamed of who I am now, as the younger me would surely condemn me.
I know I should keep writing but I just do not feel comfortable doing so any more. I've been working on the same book since 2016, before that I would turn over a book in a year.
Thanks for the video, it helped me see what I had been doing and really shows me where I should improve.
Oooooh, time for reflection and relaxing :) Always a good one!
I really like to journal and find that it's quite a helpful way to make sense of a day.
I usually write about two things:
1) Did I do anything today that either created happiness (in myself or others)?
2) Did I do anything today that made me proud (which could include achieving a main goal or sub-goals that I will have set for myself the evening before or that morning)?
If I can answer yes to either of those questions, then I consider it a successful day, if not then I consider it an unsuccessful day. I journal on my phone through an app that allows me to track and look back very easily, so that I can reflect on my comments of successful and unsuccessful days and recognise patterns and trends.
I really needed this. I do keep a journal but I only write in it once a month and never dared to write abt the really dark parts of myself. I will try to from now on since it does help dealing with it. Thank you.
This was good, I like the part at the end about the warnings and negative sides that journaling can lead to. Very helpful
Journaling helps me let out all the anger and frustration I have in my day to day life. I don’t do it on a daily basis and tbf, I only do it when things go wrong.. which is probably not a good thing, but when I’m happy I don’t feel the need to write about it
Same
Love your videos! I like it how you included that there’s a negative affect on journaling as well, it’s good to know. Also if you don’t know what you want to do with your life you can write down everyday when you are feeling your best and after some time you look back and there should be a pattern of the things you love to do and maybe make a career out of it. There’s lots of things you can journal about, doesn’t have to be a huge paragraph just start off small, baby steps :)
The best thing about journaling is that you have a record to refer to, whenever you fall into the trap of thinking that everything was so much better in the past.
Very helpful video for those of us starting to follow this philosophy and it's principles. Dank je wel voor je hulp en blijf nog zulke goede videos maken.
a video about narcissism would be fitting. For some reason I am convinced that there are some people, in your audience, just blatantly displaying being stoic instead of actually being stoic
Excellent work my friend
Wonderful. Thanks.
More videos about journaling pls!
Writting is sooo calming for me . It shows me my Present, Past and The Moment . Ashe 2 My Future .
I do Julia Cameron’s THE ARTIST’S WAY stream of consciousness in the mornings for abt 39 minutes. The thought I most often end with is “this is better than a therapist!” And it is.
Great insights. Thank you.
Talk about perfect timing.
This is a great piece
Awesome...I have been writing a Large Series of my Drivel since I was 13...- Near 40 now...still doing them- it's amazing looking back in them- ALL the ridiculous people we've been... Ready to burn all most of these in a grand fire- SOON- though !
A neat thing with journaling is you can discover patterns with in your own thinking to promote in a way further purposeful growth.
my form of meditation is reflecting on the words of wisdom, and responding to them as the meditations, stoic teachings or Buddha's sayings and sometimes quotes or poetry.. it deepens my understanding and inspire more ideas and help me on my personal journey of self awareness..
i reflect one page per quote in a specific journal or notebook
Excellent 👍 👍 presentation just started journaling recently. Ur video is very helpful. Thank you
Your channel is awesome😚
Thank you for the compliment, Eman!
I like your videos before i even see it,
But i learn alot from it.
Thank you for the effort.
thank you LighWorker!
Love your videos. Especially the videos on Stoicism - recently read Meditations and Letters from a Stoic. Today is day 91 of journaling for me and it has been really helpful. Posted a video about it a few days ago actually
It got me thru some difficult things. I do it frequently.
Thanks 👍🏻 🤗
That’s a critical point at the end. Journaling is great for all of the reasons mentioned, but ultimately you need to take action and make things happen. Overthinking is a horrible thing and journaling can just be overthinking and overanalyzing on paper.
Yes new video.
Thanks for the warning about getting stuck in the past while journaling. my goal should be to get the current nonsense out of my mind and on to paper, leaving nothing for the remainder.
I'm trying to stick to journaling for a while now. I kinda like the way I put more effort into daily struggles just because otherwise I would be ashamed to put my day on paper in the evening.
Yeah.Journaling really helps us to recognize and to understand our thoughts,feelings and emotions.
I started journaling many years ago while reading a book called I Can If I Want To. The author would recommend writing down thoughts on different aspects of your life. The book must have been influenced by Stoic philosophy because the premise was external events cannot cause emotions but how you interpret those events. Anyway it was life changing. I learned so much about myself and felt a sense of peace that I had never experienced. Today I still journal but not quite as often. Great video! Thanks!
Journaling gives u a space to express urself completely without being hesitate by being judged
It keeps some order in your life and also you can look back over the years of journaling and fondly reminisce at past events and keep good memories.
Dear diary, today I started journaling. Today was a good day.
Very intresting message.usefull
Nice one!!!
Thanks, Pepe! 😉
Thanks
this is a great video, thank you for shating:) I like to write down a few things i'm grateful for. And also cravings & aversions and the imapct on me and tohers. As well as "what went well" "even better if" and intentions.
I started doing journaling on a daily basis and REALLY helps me to Reorganize my mind
I always feel good and relieved after I finish
🙏🙏🙏
Ty 🙂
I have done journaling in the form of poetry and seen great benefits
Sure. Understanding oneself is a way to go. Also, it is interesting to observe oneself via this route.
Another benefit of journaling is documenting our progress, and by that giving the mind a dopamine dose…..
Muito obrigado!
In my case it helped me for years to leave from depression and to improve my mental health. All because one teacher.
Video idea:
Myers Briggs types...would love to hear your take on this
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I found that journal in usual usually allows you to apply the Heisenberg principle. That is if you want to stop doing something or you want to start doing something just observe what you are actually doing. Do not Make an effort to change just observe. I have found that the only thing in the universe is universe is energy and attention
Halo.. Im from Indonesian, and thank you for this video 🙌🔥
Aah i have been doing that stuff on and off for some time....sometimes i write down stuff, sometimes i skip pretty long times....realy have to start just writing stuff every day