Comments on: Keeping a Journal to Enhance Your Life (& the World)

By: 25 Lessons You Can Learn From Ali Hale | Blogging Tips From Jade Craven

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:55:31 +0000

[...] wrote about this on a Pick The Brain post about keeping a journal. When faced with hard decisions that have to be made, writing can help solve them, giving you [...]

By: rampantheart

rampantheart — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:53:14 +0000

Well, I have a journal that I update often but not everyday. I personally feel keeping a handwritten journal helps me more than a digitalised version. I have a personal digitalised version as well but mostly record my emotions in the web journal and my productivity level in the handwritten one. That way, I am able to lead a balanced life. From this New year on, I will try to maintain a journal that records day-day events. Who knows? I might be famous one day!

By: Alpha Student - Write a journal

Alpha Student - Write a journal — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:28:16 +0000

[...] Keeping a journal to enhance your life and the world – some more of my thoughts on journaling, over on Pick the Brain [...]

By: Stop Worrying

Stop Worrying — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:00:16 +0000

[...] Journal. After writing down everything they are worried about in a journal, most people feel a sense of relief. In writing you may have discovered what you are really afraid [...]

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Links for Super-Charged Living - June 28, 2008 | My Super-Charged Life — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:01:25 +0000

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By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:31:40 +0000

Really pleased I’ve inspired you to give it a try, Simon! Hoping you’ll come back in a week to let us know how it goes…

By: Simon Hill

Simon Hill — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:14:08 +0000

Thanks Ali for a great article. I have a journal but have not been writing in it daily. I’ve experienced some of the benefits you’ve described though so am going to give your challenge of journaling for a week a go.

Cheers

Simon

By: BigManWalking

BigManWalking — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:12:09 +0000

Some of us are becoming more comfortable writing on the web. I guess my Big Man Walking blog is a journal of my walking to improve my health. I’ve shared some things personal and some not so much. I found this site because of this search on Mixx -
http://www.mixx.com/business

and I have more to say because I’ve been blogging here:
http://THEBigManWalking.blogspot.com

By: Ali from The Office Diet

Ali from The Office Diet — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:38:25 +0000

That’s a really interesting idea! I’ve seen haiku blogs but never thought of a haiku journal…

By: life story lady

life story lady — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:50:04 +0000

Thanks for the great article on journaling. I’m an off and on again journaler, also, but like reading back through them, seeing how I’ve changed, my life has changed, etc.

I really appreciate the section on using a journal as a Gift for Future Generations. As a Personal Historian and writer, I’m a strong believer in everyone writing their life story – no matter what your age or situation. Yes, most people do think their lives are boring, but Ali made an excellent point: the way we live now will be so strange 50 or 100 years from now. And, our descendants will be interested in how we lived and what we did. I helped my grandmother write her life story, and the finished book is my greatest treasure. The next generations will feel the same way about our stories.

If it sounds interesting to you, check out my blog at http://www.lifestorylady.typepad.com. I’ve just started it, but will be giving a weekly exercise relating to an important life event, that you can write on.

And as you journal, you’ll be recording all those important events that you can use in your memoirs when you’re ready! Happy writing!