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