Question

Make an entry in your diary as to how you have completed it

Answer 1

Everyone I meet talks about the virtue of keeping a journal. Only a handful of people do it. If my experience is any guideline, I understand the struggle to keep it up.

For the past year, I’ve practiced a daily journal routine. My first attempt was several years ago. Since then I tried every type of journal exercise preached by various guru’s.

First, it was an idea journal. That didn’t last.

Then I tried the gratitude journal. That lasted about a week. I tried to try the notorious bullet journal. Too complicated and impractical as a daily exercise — at least for me.

Only one journal format has stuck with me.

It’s childlike simple but effective. I use a cheap spiral notebook and a ballpoint pen.

It requires ten to fifteen minutes of my time before bed.The contents of my journal fuel my daily writing habit. It has allowed me to write every single day for almost a year.

I never worry about writer’s block because my journal provides me an endless list of experiences to draw upon.

Here is how it works.