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10 Reasons to Embrace Your No
Michelle had just turned thirty when she became engaged. At the same time, she was planning her wedding, she also took on two key projects at work and began volunteering at a new organization that started in her area as well as helping her sister pack for a cross-country move. Rather than say “no” to any of these commitments, Michelle kept saying, “yes”. As her wedding date came closer, she felt overwhelmed, stressed, and scared. She could barely manage her life now. She couldn’t imagine adding another person to it. A friend gently pointed out to Michelle that she had “overspent her yeses”. She explained, “Your ‘yes’ is how you…
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Trouble with Clutter? Invest in a Co-working Space
Co-working spaces have been popping up all over in recent years to meet the needs of telecommuters and entrepreneurs. These spaces offer different-sized offices, WIFI connections, common shared office equipment, conference rooms for meetings, and business mailing addresses. These spaces have varying levels of membership costs. The rates are typically associated with how often you’ll use the space and what type of office space you need. Those who need privacy can choose a private office with a door. Others can choose to rent a desk or work in an open space with other renters. While there are a dozen benefits to working in this type of environment, one of the…
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How to Use Lists in Your Journal
If you are getting stuck on what to write in your journal, why not embrace lists? These can be as short and brief or as detailed as you want. You make lists of virtually anything you can think of, whether you just want to get different ideas out of your head and into paper, or you want to keep track of something on your mind. Take a look at these different lists you can keep in your journal. Pros and Cons Lists One of the best lists you can make in your journal that will bring a lot of value to your life is a pros and cons list. This…
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Can Journaling Solve All Your Problems?
I write about journaling a lot on this blog. There are so many ways that a regular journaling practice can help — especially when times are tough. With that, people are learning the benefits of journaling, how to create journaling habits, and the different ways they can use them. But it is also easy to assume journaling is going to solve all your problems. It won’t. To make that distinction, I thought this was a good time for me to chat a little about that. Benefits of Journaling While journaling might not be able to solve all your problems, it does help with a lot. There are many benefits, including:…
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30 Ways to Reclaim Your Messy Desk and Office Space
Since many of us are now working from home, I thought this post would be helpful. I have posted about how to create a workspace but for those of us who may have been doing this for a while, clutter may have taken over your desk and workspace! This can improve our productivity as well as our moods! Depending on your personality and your work habits, clutter and disarray in your office CAN affect your productivity. And when productivity is down, so are profits. Clutter can also cost you money if you replaced something that was later found under a stack of papers or in a random drawer. For those…
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The Different Phases of Journaling
When you first start committing to writing in a journal, there are a few different phases you will likely go through. While not everyone’s experience is exactly the same, this trend in the phases of journaling is fairly common. Understanding them will help you to prepare and hopefully be able to work through them and find your motivation to keep going. Beginning Stage – Getting Ready and Excited The first stage of journaling is typically the planning stage and when you are getting really excited about the prospect. You can start shopping around for journals, think about what you will write about, dream, and imagine how your life will change.…
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Why You Should Journal if You Are an Emotional Eater
Do you eat meals that are larger than they should be? If so, do you know what kinds of things contribute to this? No? Perhaps you might want to try keeping a journal. Emotional eating journaling can be an extremely effective way to peer into your daily routine and learn new information about yourself. Once you’ve looked at the information that you’ve collected, you can then begin to make some changes in your habits. Learn What Triggers You Keeping a journal is important because it can give you specific information about the times of day, moods that you were in, and what you ate. This can give you a more…
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Using Your Journal as a Brain Dump
The brain dump is a powerful thing, even though it is very simplistic in its execution. A brain dump is nothing more than getting all of those thoughts in your head out on paper. It works as a way to release the burden from your mind and lay them out in front of you. Once you do this, you are able to look through the thoughts and try to make sense of them. Your journal happens to be the best place for a brain dump. Benefits of Releasing Thoughts in a Journal Why do a brain dump? This is actually very therapeutic and is especially beneficial when you are overwhelmed…
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Introduction to Emotional Eating
Happy Monday! This post looks at emotional eating. I thought it was an important topic with many people noticing increased eating and weight gain during this quarantine. Today we look at some possible reasons for emotional eating. What is Emotional Eating? Emotional eating is the practice of managing one’s emotions by eating food. Here are some things that can help you figure out how to identify emotional eating, its effects, and a handful of tips on what you can do. What Causes Emotional Eating? Major changes in circumstances, relationships, work dynamics, daily stress, and general feelings of a loss of control can be major factors. For example, a recent break…
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How to Make Journaling Work for You
Some people start journaling, and stick to it every day, for a long time. But most people don’t have this experience. It can be easy to forget about it, get lazy and not do it, or just lose interest in journaling. Maybe you aren’t seeing the benefits, or your schedule keeps changing so it is hard to create a good routine. The good news is that journaling can work for you – there are no rules or guidelines you need to follow. Journaling can become whatever you need it to be. Use Whatever Materials You Want to Write It can be easy to be swept up in all the most…
