It’s time to recognize that journaling impacts you in many ways. Keeping track of vital episodes in your life, successes and failures and writing down all your thoughts is excellent for staying sane. It allows you to give clarity to your life at any time. It can be as random as your daily events and specific thoughts and viewpoints around a topic. However, starting to journal before your 20s can be more productive. Here are reasons why you should start journaling before your 20s.
An outlet for thoughts
As a child and teenager entering adulthood, there are a multitude of thoughts that will keep you engaged and sometimes confused. There’s a lot going on in your life. In these cases, journaling will help you manage your overwhelming thoughts. You can better find solutions and even ask for help at any time.
Helps communication skills
Whether you are a reader or a writer in your youth, journals are a great way to improve your writing skills. This, in turn, will develop reading, vocabulary and other communication skills. You can express your thoughts better and also help you communicate with others. It is the foundation of future communication skills needed to lead a successful personal and professional life. Expression is the best gift a young person can give themselves through journaling.
Define aims
Most young people have set their goals by the time they reach their twenties. A regular journal allows you to write down your thoughts about your vision of yourself and your ambitions. It’s like a mirror of who you really are. Journaling can slowly help you understand what goals to set for yourself and how to achieve them because it clarifies your personality.
Develop creativity
Creativity has to do with how you handle things and come up with solutions and perspectives. Keeping a journal of your opinions may be the one thing that will allow you, the younger you are, to channel your thought narrative and better develop your imagination.
See the outlook
You grow up and have certain fixed concepts by the time you reach your twenties. What you thought about at 10 years old will be different once you get past your 20s and even as you get older. Your journal allows you to review your ideas and analyze them for use later. It’s like sharpening a good knife that has become dull.
Give an opening to emotions
Growing up isn’t easy. And many of us find it difficult to look at our problems and find a resulting perspective or solution. Keeping a journal would be the perfect place to express your thoughts on any problem and seek a solution. It even helps to recognize your feelings and take care of yourself without going haywire.
Published on: Saturday, December 2, 2023, 11:59 PM IST
