Far too often over the many years of my life I have started journalling.  I know the science behind it, I hear of the benefits and yet I also know that I invest too much into the ‘event’ and do not persevere when not feeling like it.  

I have started again and this time with less ‘how I must do it’ but rather with, I ‘get to do this’ and I do so without the rules of how I must do it.  It is my ‘have to’ each day.  And having now done this for a few weeks, yes, there are benefits.   For me, typing is easier.  And I really just jot down things that I am pleased about for the day gone past.  Sometimes I just scribble something on paper lying around; sometimes it is just a couple of words on my phone; sometimes it is a much longer essay.  It does not matter – I just do it.  

And what do I write about – I keep it so simple.  That impact is big.

I write about what I am PLEASED ABOUT THAT DAY.   I enjoy NOTICING the big things that I am now acknowledging and then I find that tiny little things get added to my writing.  I go to bed content and also more excited about the possibilities for the next day.  I find that even if things that day have been disappointing, upsetting or not how I wanted things to go – I find that with a thankful heart, I am more open and able to see the good.  

Because I do not choose to spend a lot of time journalling, I have yet to record beyond all that I appreciated that day.  Perhaps as time goes on, I will be adding more and reflecting on different questions.  It is all so personal, and in short I just want to say – please try it, even in a just a very small way – just start saying THANK YOU.