WRITER WELLNESS, A WRITER’S PATH TO HEALTH AND CREATIVITY

Today I’m pleased to have Author Joy E. Held as my guest.  Joy has some interesting and helpful tips to share with us.~

Hi, Beth! Thanks for being a super host today. I wanted to share a list I call “The Many Joys of Journaling: Why the Journal Is A Writer’s Best Friend.”

Journals are:

1.  A good opportunity to clear your head of distractions

2.  A great source of story and poem ideas

3.  A personal history of events, learn from the past

4.  Great for exploring a range of emotions

5.  A place that allows self-observation, a meta-cognitive opportunity

6.  A source of awareness of growth and change

7.  An opportunity to function in the present moment

8.  A place for self-counseling to work out problems

9.  Good place to identify problems that you can’t work out on your own, limitations

10.  A way for a writer to connect with himself and the world around him

11.  A way learn what you truly believe in

12.  A way to discover what truthful writing is

13.  A way to learn how to focus intently

14.  A good place to learn how to write with flow

15.  A way to understand patterns in your life

16.  A way to understand your purposes in life

17.  Help you recognize your passions, notice repetitive themes

18.  A way to learn to appreciate time, a journal teaches patience

19.  A way to learn to appreciate form, space and design

20.  A way to become more compassionate toward yourself and others, teaches acceptance

Journals don’t have to be long or time consuming. Keep it simple and record a single thought a day. The main benefit is cleansing. It’s liberating and refreshing to get worries on the journal page. It keeps them from bugging you while you work.

Living the Writer Wellness plan for many years has enabled me to live a compassionate, productive, and creative life. Journaling is the underpinning of the whole process.

Do you journal?

Please visit my blog every other week for tips on the five practices of Writer Wellness which are journaling, fitness, relaxation, nutrition, and creative play.

www.writerwellness.wordpress.com

Be well, write well!

Joy Held is the author of Writer Wellness, A Writer’s Path to Health and Creativity, Who Dares Wins Publishing, www.whodareswinspublishing.com available in digital and print TODAY!

Contact Joy: joybeth1109@yahoo.com

*THIS INFORMATION IS NOT MEANT TO REPLACE THE ADVICE OF A QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER. SEEK COUNCIL BEFORE STARTING AN EXERCISE PROGRAM.