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This week’s newsletter is all about the habit that you should develop in 2025: journaling.
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2025 is the year to get on top of your mental wellbeing.
Start today by journaling.
Over the last few weeks, I’ve reflected a lot on how I have felt mentally in 2024.
For the most part, I’ve been doing really well.
But I’ve come to a realisation:
My mental wellbeing is better when I make time to journal.
Would you describe yourself as a worrier?
Today's quote explains how journaling can be helpful when you're going through a difficult time with your mental health.
“Your thoughts are so much less frightening when they’re tangible, when you can see them on a page in front of you.”
I can relate to Emma Watson’s statement.
I have personally witnessed my anxiety melt away as I put pen to paper.
Have you experienced this too?
I’ve had a busy year; both personally and professionally.
Some of the highlights include:
My wife and I becoming parents as we welcomed our child into the world
Growing Wisdom Made Easy to reach 10+ million people
Evolving the WISER Newsletter and sending a newsletter every week of the year
Collaborated with other visual artists to illustrate the principles in Codie Sanchez’s New York Times Bestseller: Main Street Millionaire
Launching my course, helping dozens of people to develop the habit of journaling
If I was to write a list of the most stressful things I have experienced this year, it’d almost be identical.
If I’m honest, it’s been one of the most stressful years of my life, but as I have looked back over my year, I have identified something.
The times that my mental health has been at its worst are the same times when I haven’t made space for journaling.
And it’s not just myself that has identified this benefit of journaling.
A scientific study published by Cambridge University Press in 2018 titled “Emotional and physical health benefits of expressive writing” explores this in great detail.
Karen A. Baikie and Kay Wilhelm found that:
“(…) studies examining expressive writing demonstrate some beneficial effects in physical and/or psychological health.”
And their findings are staggering!
They found that long-term benefits of expressive writing include:
Reduced blood pressure
Improved mood
Improved lung, liver and immune system function
Improved working memory
Reduced absenteeism from work
They suggested that further research would be necessary, but they felt comfortable saying that:
“[There] is sufficient evidence for clinicians to begin applying expressive writing in therapeutic settings with caution.”
And you don’t have to write a lot to get value from journaling.
See for yourself! Start today with the Reflection section.
Consider journaling your responses to the following questions:
What have been my highlights of 2024?
Do I often feel overwhelmed or stressed? How do I usually overcome this?
Do I believe I would find journaling more regularly beneficial?
I recently came across YouTube creator struthless.
He was speaking with Matt D’Avella on his new podcast: Three Rules.
After hearing him share about his transformation since becoming sobre, I found myself wanting to learn more about him.
It was no surprise to discover that he journals, and in this video he shares a simple approach that you can try today called the VOMIT method:
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Thanks,
Michael