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When I was about five years old my mom came to me with a cute little unicorn lockbox, inside of it was a thick little Journal diary with a matching pen. I thought it was too cute and I was so excited to have it. My mother told me it was where I would write about my thoughts, feelings, and how my day went. As a curious little girl, I asked her why do I need to do this and she told me that as I got older I would want to look back at the things I wrote to better remember them or maybe learn from them.
I took my mom’s advice and wrote In the journal nearly every day. I mostly wrote about school, I mean I was a little girl I didn’t have much going on back then. As I grew older she bought me some nice little composition notebooks
and made writing a daily task. I remember hating it most days because I didn’t feel like I had much to say. However, I’m forever grateful because she opened a door for me that has been so helpful and so many ways in my life. I love journaling even though over the years I didn’t keep up with it daily.
and made writing a daily task. I remember hating it most days because I didn’t feel like I had much to say. However, I’m forever grateful because she opened a door for me that has been so helpful and so many ways in my life. I love journaling even though over the years I didn’t keep up with it daily.
Journaling is such an amazing outlet and I preach that to everyone that they should start a journal. You’re able to write out the thousands of things good or bad that are going on with you and your life. Later on, you are going to be able to look back on what you wrote then reflect on what happened. Undoubtedly aren’t, you will find something that will stick and you will learn from it.
Reflecting on past events can bring so much clarity and a new understanding of various situations. It can be as simple as another stroll down memory lane, hopefully, a great one which can be very good for the soul.
You may remember something you needed to do or how to do it. A lot of times it may be a goal like something amazing you want to accomplish. Is very good to lift out our goals and with journaling, we write them out fully. Great detail can be explained in your journals, then when you look back on it you not only remember the goal but also how, what, when, where.
My favorite part of reflecting is learning something about my past or myself. I’ll look back in my past and realize how I miss something from a certain situation or finally coming to an understanding from something that was once a misunderstanding. As I’ve grown older I’ve been able to learn more about myself through journaling, things I did and how I was feeling as a teenager were clarified through reading my journals. We often miss so much as the days pass by and we begin to forget things. It’s bound to happen to anyone but with journaling, we can keep those memories and feelings, but in a more accurate way.
Now, you can reflect in more ways than just keeping a journal. You can simply think back and meditate on your past and try to analyze the situation better. However, I find that memories can be a bit jumbled from time and other memories mixed in.
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Whenever it is possible to have a reflection session with another person that was around at the time you are reflecting on, you all can be able to bounce memories back and forth and help each other understand more.
It is always nice to have someone around to have a banter with, but sometimes we don’t feel like expressing everything to another person. This is one more reason I feel journals are so vital. With reflecting it is so important to release as much as you can for maximum clarity. Then there will be no fear of judgment from anyone.
I have used all of these techniques for so many years and they have helped in many ways. I’ve been able to learn so much about other people, my feelings, as well as difficult things that I have experienced in my past.
This Blog has been a form of me sharing things that I have learned from reflection. It has been a whole new form of journaling for me. In all this is a great learning journey that I am glad to be on. I hope if you haven’t started a new way to reflect, you will be inspired to do so soon.
How do you reflect and has it helped you?