What Hirayama Taught Me About Getting Through the Day Anyone who has spent more than a day with me will know I tend to maintain rigid rituals, habits, and schedules. I keep fairly strict rituals for winding down my day,
I will leave you with a writing quote I found comforting that I discovered on Elliot Chan’s YouTube channel. “As things stand now, I am going to be a writer. I’m not sure that I’m going to be a
Journaling thought loops and problem-focused coping. When I was an undergraduate, I took a course in health psychology. It was one of my favorite courses, taught by one of my favorite professors. She explained the difference between emotion- and problem-focused
Disengaging, Reengaging, and Prioritizing Life Balance. Mondays have been somewhat of a struggle for me. I try start my work day before 8 AM, but that sometimes feels impossible. I sit at my desk, stare at my notebooks, open my
Necessary Components and Workflow. The information that we collect, organize, and review represents our journey across time. Our notes form our written history. Note-taking strategies help us learn and retain new information, remember previous information from the past, and grow
Writing, Reflection, Refocusing, and Next Steps.
One Reason You Might Want to Keep A Gratitude Journal. I’ve struggled with practicing gratitude. Even when we have a lot to feel grateful for, we have an evolutionary predisposition to feel discontent, to focus on improvement and acceleration instead
Research-related theories on sleep and dreaming. I journal about my dreams. I like to document the workings of my unconscious mind and evaluate what I may be processing during sleep. But how much should we really pay attention to our dreams and
Digital and analog dream journaling over the years. I journal about nearly everything that happens in my life. That includes any dreams I have that I find interesting. Because my journaling methods have changed over the years from being completely