Spring is the perfect time to evaluate different areas of your life and leverage the ‘spring cleaning’ energy you may experience to clear the clutter and start fresh. Of course, this applies to your home, but this is also a great attitude toward your health.
One of our favorite ways to care for both mental and physical health? Journaling! While journaling offers many benefits, it’s also highly accessible, and anyone can do it. Learn more about why journaling is a must for your health this year.
Relieve Stress
We all experience some degree of stress, and finding ways to manage and alleviate that stress is essential. Journaling is a great way to get out your anxieties, frustrations, pains, and other factors contributing to your stress without worrying about dumping those feelings on someone else.
This act of writing can help you release and reduce any stress that may have accumulated over time. A great way to relieve stress is to write first thing in the morning and jot down anything on your mind.
Boost your Memory
Research shows that writing things down can help your brain retain information better. Your brain makes stronger connections to the information you write down, improving future recall and allowing you to focus on a particular idea or thought. Because of the nature of memory and the brain, you are more likely to remember the things you focus on.
Unleash your Creativity
Writing in a journal is a wonderful way to unleash your creativity and allow yourself to explore any ideas you have. We all have the potential to be creative, but some of us haven't discovered it yet. Your journal is the best place to start exploring your inner creativity. Write down anything that comes to mind, and let your imagination run wild.
Improve your Physical Health
Expressive writing has been shown to benefit individuals with various medical problems significantly. These physical health benefits can include improved liver function, reduced blood pressure, improved immune system functioning, and enhanced athletic performance. The connection between your mental and physical health may be stronger than you know.
Enhance your Communication Skills
Writing is a skill that we all need and often don’t have enough time to hone and practice. Even if you’re writing run-on sentences with spelling errors in your journal (which is totally fine to do!), writing may allow you to communicate better off those journal pages, too. From more direct communication to gaining a better understanding of what you actually want and need, you’ll see a direct correlation between writing in your journal and communicating with others in your life.
Use Journaling as an Outlet
Having a journal that’s all yours gives you the space and opportunity to vent and dump anything and everything on your mind. Use your journal as an outlet to release the things that weigh you down, celebrate the things that excite you, and get onto paper anything else you need to.
