How Journaling Can Increase Your Positivity and Productivity

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Two things we want more out of life — more positivity and more productivity. Out of the endless tips and tricks to increase those traits, I will dive deeply into the topic of journaling. I will cover precisely how journaling, the act of writing out our thoughts, enables us to be a more positive person with a brighter outlook, as well as be more productive with our time.

[Those who] journaled at the end of the day had a 25% increase in performance when compared with a control group who did not journal. — Ryan Holiday

Let’s dive right in, and at the end of this piece, I’ll leave you with my favorite journaling tip that I hope you can run with immediately. Easy and simple to use, but hopefully a game-changer in our daily routine.

Journaling to Increase Positivity

In meditation and mindfulness, one of the most common lessons is that our minds are naturally kind and clear. It’s all the other stuff in life that is distracting and muddying our thinking. Like on a cloudy day, we know that the sun is right behind it, waiting to peek out. Similarly, when our mind is cloudy, we know there is clarity behind it — we just need to find a way to clear away the…