Hello and welcome BACK to 30 Days of Mindful Tech! I hope you had an interesting and informative experience yesterday, examining your screen time and learning about different tools you can use to grow. Today we are going to take a dive into the introspective by setting up a journal for your 30 day journey.
Journaling is intimidating for a lot of people because we feel like we have to be perfect with it. We think that we have to produce elegantly structured thoughts in calligraphy with millions of multicolored pens. We also think we have to write pages each day, every day, and force ourselves into a stringent commitment that makes the process unenjoyable. I’m here to tell you that it doesn’t have to be that way. I have been writing in a diary for most of my life. And the way I’ve kept that up is by only having the goal of trying to write everyday. The goal is not about content, but just about daily practice. Some days I write one sentence some days I write three pages. It depends on the day and how I’m feeling. But I do it every day. In the digital age, it is easy to participate in something I like to call “tech escapism”, where we run from our own problems by inundating ourselves with information from the online world. I did, and still sometimes do, this by filling my time watching Youtube and going on Instagram to avoid accessing my present state. Personally, writing has allowed me to reconnect with my emotions and the issues I am having. It allows me a way to muddle through and understand the things I am going through without distractions. And at the very least, it provides me with an analog activity to participate in instead of going on my phone. There are tons of different types of journaling. But today we are going to set up what I am deciding to call a “minimalist journal”. Find something to write with. Don’t worry about using multiple colors or a fancy pen. A regular pencil or pen will do just fine. Now fine something to write on. Again, don’t worry about the quality or style of the notebook. You are writing in a 99 cent composition book, or on loose leaves of printer paper. As long as you can keep track of the pages. For each journal entry, write the date at the top. Now, start writing. It is that simple. You may feel that sudden panic of looking at an empty page. “I have nothing to write about.” My advice would be to examine yesterday's digital wellness experience. What apps did you use a lot? What do you want to change, if anything? Don’t worry about the eloquence of what you are putting down on the page, just write. I think that is the key to kick starting a journaling habit. Just write. You now have your very own minimalist journal. Congratulations! It is very exciting. I hope you will utilize it for the next 28 days. If you ever feel at a loss for words, you can always write about the activity you are doing for the “30 Days of Mindful Tech”. At the very least, you now have something to do instead of being on your phone, at the very most, a new tool for introspection. Thank you for being here with me on day two! I will be listing some more journaling resources down below! Catch you on the flip side The Mindful Digital Native Resources: Different Types of Journals: https://www.jofelo.com/17-different-types-of-journals-to-keep/ Importance of Journaling for Kids: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/student-journals-efficient-teacher-responses How and Why to Journal (with scientific evidence): https://lifehacker.com/why-you-should-keep-a-journal-and-how-to-start-yours-1547057185 More science: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/advances-in-psychiatric-treatment/article/emotional-and-physical-health-benefits-of-expressive-writing/ED2976A61F5DE56B46F07A1CE9EA9F9F
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