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Mind Development - Why Journaling Works

by John Robson on Dec 6, 2011

"The positive thing about writing is that you connect with yourself in the deepest way, and that's heaven. You get a chance to know who you are, to know what you think. You begin to have a relationship with your mind." -- Natalie Goldberg
Many well-known speakers and authors consider journaling to be ‘the best hidden secret to success.’ Why? Here are some insights as to how journaling so powerfully meets our needs.

• Slow your mind down so you can see how you think.

Journaling quickly captures our flighty thoughts (about 60,000 per day!) on paper. Once we can see what we’re thinking, we can learn how we think. And then we can use different journaling exercises to learn to think in different ways.
Our minds work at about 1000 words per minute. When we write, the mind slows down to about 100 words a minute. This allows thoughts to be recorded more deeply. It also creates space for deeper and higher thoughts to emerge. A new level of...Read More >>