The Writer's Freedom Journal is a must for any author or writer. Plan your day, complete your goals and get your life as a writer moving.
This journal was written by a writer, for writers. It is purposely printed in a small, thin form, making it easier to throw in your laptop bag and carry with you. It's meant to be a 30-day plan for you to journal your way through one single month.
The Why:
As a writer, you need to journal. Journaling is important because it helps you reconnnect with your core self. All of us spend too much time inundated with the chaos of our daily lives: we're overworked at our jobs, email keeps coming in, and there's the constant barrage of the news and social media. It's all just too much. If you can't get quiet with your own thoughts, then who are you? Journaling helps you settle down from all the noise. When you journal, you'll write down your goals, your plans for today and the next month, and your insights into your life. By writing these things down, you clarify and focus the things that matter to you. So don't just have a goal in your mind like, "I'm going to write a book." Put it down on paper, and write each day about what you are going to do that day toward your goal. It's far more powerful. And it actually strengthens your belief in your dreams.
The When:
Journal in the morning, before the day gets started. The reason you do this is because, by starting in the morning, you're focusing your day on the important, not the urgent. If you don't set your day up this way, you'll end up doing the same thing you've always done--reacting to events as they pop up. Do you want to get out of "survival mode?" Then journal daily.
- The "Daily Progress" chart is meant for you to check off items each day that you accomplish.
- Mediation- if you've never tried it, don't scoff. It's been around for thousands of years for a reason. Meditating daily will settle your mind and you'll feel so relaxed after each session.
- Affirmations- again, if you've never spoken affirmations to yourself, don't scoff. People who have emerged from the rut of "survival mode" have done so through affirming things to themselves.
- There is blank space for you to write down other topics of importance to you.
Daily pages:
In the daily pages, each day, write down your goal such as "Finish first draft of my novel." Give yourself a time limit to accomplish this goal and fill that in. Then use the Action Plan to write down the things you'll do today toward that goal. There is significant space for your daily journaling and space for you to record your wordcount for the day. You'll be surprised when you've finished the month to go back and look through how much you've accomplished. Before long, you'll have achieved your goal!
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