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LIFEHACKS
My Quick and Easy but Super Effective Journaling Method
Gain all the benefits of journaling without the hassle of writing loads of paragraphs
Private journaling is one of the best life hacks there is.
It enables you to process your thoughts and clear your mind. By putting things into words, they don’t bog you down so much. They’re not still bouncing around in your head, waiting to be set free.
It also helps you get insights and spot patterns. By writing about your life and thoughts every day, you will see familiar issues coming up. For example, it can be beneficial to look back at past entries from six months or a year ago.
But there’s a problem.
Journaling can take time and energy. Sometimes, it feels like a big task, and it can feel hard to summon up the energy to write for 30 minutes when you’re tired from everything else you have to do.
I found a solution.
I developed a quicker, more efficient way of writing my private journal entries. I call it the Expanding Bullet List, and the benefits of this method are:
- It takes less time