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30 Days to a better man<br />
burst onto the scene? And how many men were ignored in their lifetime,<br />
only to be celebrated after their death?<br />
2. It can bring you to your senses. Have you ever struggled with a choice,<br />
thought about it long and hard, made a decision, but then some time<br />
later started to regret it? Have you ever gotten into a rut from which<br />
you can’t seem to find a way out? A journal can aid you in these dilemmas.<br />
When you make a decision, you can write down all the reasons<br />
you have for coming to that conclusion. Then, after times passes, and<br />
you start doubting that choice, you can look back, remind yourself of<br />
why you made that decision in the first place, and feel reassured in<br />
pressing on. Or, if you’re in a depressed funk and don’t know how to<br />
extract yourself from it, you can look back through your journal to<br />
find the times when you were happiest. Old journal entries can help<br />
you rediscover the kinds of changes you need to make to get your life<br />
back on track. Or you can look back at your journal and how you used<br />
to operate 5 years ago and think, “Damn! I never want to be that man<br />
again! What was I thinking?” A journal is basically a chance for your<br />
past self to lend counsel to your present self.<br />
Finally, simply writing about your feelings and frustrations helps<br />
you focus on what’s really going on in your life and in your head, so<br />
that you can come up with a solution to your problems.<br />
3. Journaling grants you immortality. Think of the billions of people<br />
who have and will perish from the earth without leaving a trace of<br />
themselves behind. They vanish into the ether, completely forgotten<br />
in the annals of history. A journal helps make you immortal. It is a<br />
tangible piece of evidence to leave behind that you were here! That<br />
you lived and loved! That there was such a person as Jared Matthews<br />
who lived in Austin, Texas who thought and breathed and died.<br />
4. Journaling improves your health. Several studies have shown that<br />
writing about traumatic or stressful events and your deepest feelings<br />
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