Using your journal to conduct a personal MOT – Conducting a life audit
Any car owner will be familiar with the concept of the MOT, the annual assessment of your car’s viability for being on the road. It’s an important test to ensure your car is running as it should, to identify any potential issues and get the necessary repairs made before things become irreparable. A personal MOT…
Journaling prompt: Always think with your stick forward
Prompt: Always think with your stick forward The phrase Amelia Earheart painted on the side of her plane ahead of flying across the Atlantic were, “Always think with your stick forward.” I think it’s easy to misconstrue the wisdom here and assume the phrase means, just keep heading in a given direction, no matter what,…
Journaling for men’s self-expression
Self expression is simply the unique ways in which you express yourself and communicate with others. Studies have shown that authentic self-expression can lead to greater emotional well-being and improved satisfaction. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092656622000046) Despite the benefits, many men struggle with self-expression for a variety of reasons. Whether it’s social conditioning to be more stoic and self-sufficient…
How men can start a relationship journal
Journaling may not be an obvious tool for improving relationships, after all, how is a solitary writing habit going to improve our interactions and communication with other people? But journaling is an extremely powerful tool for developing the personal skills that help us navigate and strengthen bonds, such as self-awareness, self-reflection, emotional maturity and improved…
How men can start a goal journal
Having goals certainly seems like a good thing. After all, isn’t it important to have something to strive towards? And to be continually bettering ourselves? But how often are you setting goals that fall by the wayside, or get forgotten, or that you quit just before achieving success, never knowing just how close you were? …
Journaling for men’s careers: A powerful tool for growth and success
Introduction: The overlooked tool for career growth Successfully and intentionally managing your career growth and trajectory is phenomenally challenging, and only seems to be getting harder. With increasingly flatter corporate structures meaning less opportunity for development, fewer companies rewarding long-term loyalty, meaning it’s no longer an option to just keep turning up and slowly rise…
Journaling for men’s emotional intelligence
Emotional Intelligence (also referred to as ‘EQ’ or ‘EI’) is the ability to recognise, understand and manage your emotions as well as the emotions of others. It is a combination of skills that can be taught, learned and developed. It is often assumed that women are more emotionally intelligent than men, but actually this is…
Journaling prompt: How do we forgive ourselves for the things we did not become?
Prompt: How do we forgive ourselves for the things we did not become? This is a line from the Doc Luben poem, ‘14 lines from love letters or suicide notes’ It speaks to me on a deep level. We all have things we wanted to be or wanted to achieve or do. Goals we set…
Journaling for men’s self care
As life gets busy and priorities are thrust upon us, it can be difficult to find (or make) time to practise self care. Self care is everything we do to look after our wellness and includes the choices we make about food, drink, exercise, sleep, hygiene and stress management. It might not be something that…
