JOURNALING GOALS Journaling Goals, General 1._____Track the Daily Events of My Life

JOURNALING GOALS
Journaling Goals, General
1._____Track the daily events of my life.

2._____Use journaling as an adjunct for my current counseling or therapy.
3._____Navigate the challenges of life transitions with confidence.
4._____Better organize my time.
5._____Identify the amount of time and the kind of energyI will devote to journaling on a
routine basis.
6._____Identify how to incorporate journaling, even just 15 to 20 minutes/day, into my routine.
7._____Create pre-journaling and post-journaling routines.
8._____Make journaling feel safe if it doesn’t already; this includes how to keep my journaling private.
9._____Identify and work with Styles of journaling I haven’t used, but would like to learn more about (i.e. typing/keyboarding vs writing by hand; structured vs unstructured)

Journaling for Self-Understanding & Enhanced Communication with others

1._____Understand myself better by identifying internal characteristics that guide my behavior.

2._____Explore my history for personal meaning and important events.
3._____Improve my interactions with other people (family, friends and professional).
4._____Develop a sense of self-empowerment in guiding my own life.

5._____Explore and understand what personal growth means to me.
6._____Deepen my spirituality.
7._____Identify, develop and achieve professional goals.
8._____Become more efficient in balancing my emotions in general.
9._____Help to resolve specific emotional conflicts and difficulties.
10._____Identify the values that are most important to me.
11._____Explore the depths of my life purpose.

12._____Develop a deeper sense of spirituality.
13._____Decrease my reactions to stressors in the face of new challenges and changes in my life.
14._____Become a better problem solver.

Journaling for Creativity

1._____Bring more creativity into my journaling practice.
2._____Enhance my skills in writing.
3._____Discover new ways of being creative in general.
4._____Explore my history as a basis for a memoir.

Journaling for Health Management and Improvement
1._____Reduce and manage my responses/reactions to stressors.

2._____Improve my physical health and well being.
3._____Communicate more fully with my health care practitioner(s).
4._____Improve my clarity of thought.
5._____Develop a full story of the health events in my life to better understand my current state of wellness and any disease.
6._____Use journaling as an adjunct to my overall health and wellness routine.
7._____Use journaling as a way to empower myself in the midst of life transitions brought about by a current health challenge.
8._____Develop journaling in my role as care giver (i.e. track changes, understand better the
interactions between myself and the one I am caring for, prepare for visits with health care
providers, etc.).
9._____ Use journaling to create a plan for living a vibrant and empowered life in the midst of a chronic disease.

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