How to Write Journal Entries About Life Management Skills

It is normal to sometimes feel like you are not fully achieving your potential. If you want to improve your situation, keeping a daily journal is a great way to reach self-actualization. Your journal can be handwritten or typed but it should follow a certain format. This approach will keep you organized and on track to making a difference in your life.

Things You'll Need

• Journal

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Instructions

• 1

  Assess the aspects of your life that you think need to be improved. These areas could include issues like time management, making long-term goals, career choices, relationships, personal health, or finances. In each journal entry, you can elaborate on the steps you are taking to improve these elements.

• 2

  Note the areas you listed in Step 2 on the first page of your journal. This page can serve as an easy reference that you can quickly scan if you can't think of something to write for one of your daily entries.

• 3

  Make your first entry into the journal. You may choose to format the pages freely each day. For organizational reasons, however, you may want to maintain a pattern. For example, you could start with the date, followed by a description of what occurred that day. You might want to relate the day's events to the areas in your life that you are trying to improve.

• 4

  Be honest with yourself in your journal entries. This is the only way you can move closer to actualization. The time you take to write in your journal is time for reflection. Although sometimes the reality can be painful, you should write down even unfortunate situations and use them as an experience to learn and grow. Ask yourself why the situation was unfavorable, how it could have been improved, or what you would you do differently in the future.

• 5

  Thoroughly focus on individual elements, while also focusing on the "big picture." For instance, explore a different theme for each entry. If there are many areas in your life that you want to improve, sometimes narrowing the scope will help to break your goals down into smaller, more manageable tasks.

• 6

  Sum up the entry with a sentence that addresses the following items: the ways you demonstrated your strengths that day, how you demonstrated your weaknesses, what you can do to improve upon the day's behavior in the future, and how the day helped or hurt your progress.