How I Journal To Stop My Brain From Self-Sabotage.

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o that I can travel. I am grateful to the mechanics who sacrificed their health to service these buses.</li><li>I am grateful for this pencil because I can write with it, and it lets me feel productive. I am grateful to the people who made it, and I’m grateful to Walmart for selling it.</li><li>I am grateful to the farmers, because of whom I can eat this food.</li><li>I am grateful for Khan Academy as it enables the continuous development of my skills. I am grateful for the donors of Khan Academy, whose support ensures my learning.</li></ol><p id="cbc1">After two to three weeks of gratitude journaling, my brain automatically started having positive thoughts, and I slowly became a “cup-half-full” person. I spoke to my mom more often, letting her know how much I valued her sacrifices. I wrote letters of appreciation to my friends and developed a stronger bond with them.</p><p id="2a17"><b>Seeing the good in others let me see the good in myself.</b></p><figure id="a1bc"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*i52fREKKz46V_FAu"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@visuallert?utm_source=med

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ium&utm_medium=referral">Jonas Allert</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><h2 id="ead2">Soul-Search Journaling</h2><p id="3c29">Soul-search journaling involves sitting down and questioning yourself for hours on end.</p><p id="1c0c">These are some of the questions I asked myself over 4 years ago:</p><ul><li>What are the 20% of activities that give me 80% of the results?</li><li>If I had a billion dollars tomorrow, what is something I’d still want to work at?</li><li>What is an activity that, if I subtracted from my life, would make my life better?</li><li>If I had to work for free for the rest of my life, what would I work at?</li></ul><p id="8660">Asking myself such questions let me identify my core values and desires, not the ones social media instilled within me. For the first time in my life, I was honest with myself, <b>about what I wanted</b>, not what others wanted from me.</p><p id="faf6"><b>I have moved myself toward my dream life, one deep question at a time.</b></p><h2 id="b9d8">See You Soon</h2><p id="c631">Adrian</p></article></body>

How I Journal To Stop My Brain From Self-Sabotage.

I started journaling during COVID-19, and it changed my mind forever.

I am convinced that the progress I’ve made in the last few years is due to a new level of self-awareness and intellect developed by constantly questioning myself.

Years of journaling have built up momentum for growth in my life, and here is my little guide.

Gratitude Journaling

For the first time in my life, I was actually expressing appreciation for someone else.

I started the day off by writing down 4 things I was grateful for. An example of this is:

I am grateful to the bus drivers who risk their health in such times so that I can travel. I am grateful to the mechanics who sacrificed their health to service these buses.

I am grateful for this pencil because I can write with it, and it lets me feel productive. I am grateful to the people who made it, and I’m grateful to Walmart for selling it.

I am grateful to the farmers, because of whom I can eat this food.

I am grateful for Khan Academy as it enables the continuous development of my skills. I am grateful for the donors of Khan Academy, whose support ensures my learning.

After two to three weeks of gratitude journaling, my brain automatically started having positive thoughts, and I slowly became a “cup-half-full” person. I spoke to my mom more often, letting her know how much I valued her sacrifices. I wrote letters of appreciation to my friends and developed a stronger bond with them.

Seeing the good in others let me see the good in myself.

Soul-Search Journaling

Soul-search journaling involves sitting down and questioning yourself for hours on end.

These are some of the questions I asked myself over 4 years ago:

What are the 20% of activities that give me 80% of the results?

If I had a billion dollars tomorrow, what is something I’d still want to work at?

What is an activity that, if I subtracted from my life, would make my life better?

If I had to work for free for the rest of my life, what would I work at?

Asking myself such questions let me identify my core values and desires, not the ones social media instilled within me. For the first time in my life, I was honest with myself, about what I wanted, not what others wanted from me.

I have moved myself toward my dream life, one deep question at a time.