Journaling Ideas for Beginners: What to Write First
A beginner can start a journal with a few lines a day, one small prompt and one job for the page, such as getting today out of your head. Journaling is, in BetterUp’s words, “the practice of regularly writing down your thoughts, feelings, experiences, and reflections”.1 That is all it needs to be.
Pick one job for the journal before you start. It can be “clear my head”, “remember the good bits” or “notice what keeps coming up”. One job keeps the page from feeling like homework.
- BetterUp, how to start journaling
- Wondermind, on what to write when you don’t know what to write
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