Better Man

Brett and Kate McKay
and emotions boosts your emotional and physical health and sense of
well-being.
Especially as men, we often tend to keep things bottled up.
Journaling provides a excellent outlet to let go of those things that are
bothering or worrying us.
How to Journal
1. Pick a medium. If you’ve never journaled or if you have previously,
but fell off the wagon, the first thing you need to decide is what kind
of journal you’re going to keep. There are basically two different types
of journal mediums: analog and digital.
Analog journals, the paper and pen variety, are what we traditionally
think of when we think of journals. You can use something as
basic as a spiral-bound notebook and a Bic pen or something as fancy
as a hand-bound leather journal and a fountain pen. Just do what
works for you.
With the advent of computers, many people have gone digital
with their journaling. The digital world offers a plethora of options to
record your daily happenings and thoughts. Here’s a list of possible
desktop digital tools in which to keep your journal:
• Word Processor. Pretty basic. Just open up Word or OpenOffice
Writer and start clickity clackin’ away.
• TextEditor/Notepad. Just open up the text editor for your operating
system, call the file “journal.txt,” and start writing. Date
each entry. If you’re using Notepad, here’s a nifty little hack to
automatically insert the date into your journal entry.
• JDarkroom. JDarkroom is a free Java-based text editor. What
makes it different from other text editors is that it takes up the
entire screen for distraction free writing. I’ve used it before, and
it’s actually pretty nice. It works on any platform.
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