Sometimes We Just Need A Brain Dump
Journaling. It’s being touted as the next best thing in personal development and all the cool kids are doing it. Are you doing it right? Should you be doing it if you’re not? Here’s why we’re tripping over our pens and making a mess of it…
JOURNALING. Honestly, if I hear one more ‘coach’ harping on about the power of scribing our innermost thoughts and feelings, I’ll stab someone with a biro.
You’d think someone had just come up with the cure for all ills. Journaling is NOT a new concept, people. It’s as old as the hills (well, as old as notebooks and pens, at least). The only thing new here is that a few savvy marketers have injected a bit of spin and rebranded their boring old notebooks by embossing the word ‘journal’ on the covers — plus a selection of positive quotes and zen sayings, just to capture the market.
I’m not anti journalling. In fact, I’m quite an advocate. What’s yanking my chain is that the personal development brigade are creating a scenario where we’re talking it up so much that people are missing out because they’re scared of getting it wrong.
