Keeping a Journal Can Help You Stay on the Right Track
Keeping a personal journal does more than just record history. It can help you stay on the right track. In your journal you will want to record the things you did right, what you learned and how good that felt. You will also want to record what you did wrong, what you learned, how bad that felt and your resolve not to repeat it again.
In recording what you did right during the day, you focus on the positive aspects of your life. The more you focus on the positive, the more positive your life actually becomes. You squeeze out the negatives. In recording what you did wrong, how it felt, what you learned, and your resolve not to repeat it reinforces your personal strength and deepens the positive lessons learned.
Jason’s life was a mess. He’d made some pretty bad mistakes, having an affair, stealing from his employer, and immersing himself in lying. Needing guidance, he turned back to a personal journal he’d kept, going back to a time in his life when everything was going right, when he was working hard, had good relationships, and was doing all the right things.
Reading the feelings he’d recorded so long ago, gave him hope, gave him faith that he didn’t have to be the bad person he’d become, but that he could change, get back on course.
His journal helped him focus again on what his potential really was, and he began the long climb back. His wife, seeing the beginnings of change, stayed to help.
Keep a personal journal for 30 days and see if you don’t feel more hope of your life staying on the right track.
