Improve Your Self-Esteem with Journaling

Writing a Better You

154 Comments

MARY9602

10/12/2011 3:24:54 PM

I just started keeping a journal. I did this many many years ago and it really helped me, but since then, I've had many obsticles steer me away from doing what I liked most. Keeping a journal is one way to take timeout for myself. I will write in my journal throughout the day. Once a week, I take a look at my accomplishments and tomorrow is another day even if yesterday wasn't the best.

OMAETZ

10/10/2011 11:03:57 PM

I am new to Spark People and need to write things down. I hope that starting a journal will help.

VKBOWE

10/5/2011 7:23:19 AM

Have never journaled. It's hard for me to put things on paper. Am going to try and start this. It sounds like a great idea.

HEALTHLOVENYC

9/8/2011 1:35:41 PM

Great article! I regularly journal, but I've never really used it to identify positive attributes about myself. I'll give it a try! Thanks for the suggestion.

LILYBLITTLE

7/27/2011 3:48:15 PM

I'm getting back to journaling. It's not that I'm down on myself MOST of the time. I do know that I'm worth the time that I put in to my fitness. I tend to expect a lot of myself and expect a better result than I get sometimes. Mostly I'm just not patient for the end results that I want. Journaling is helping a little. I'm at the point in my weight loss where the issues I've buried in the weight are coming out and I'm dealing with them again. But it's coming. Slowly. =)

SLENDER_Z

7/15/2011 6:37:57 AM

I love this article. I've journaled on and off for much of my life, and it was usually helpful in getting out bad and depressing stuff -- but when I started feeling happier, I didn't want to journal anymore; just sitting down to write would actually put me in a worse state of mind. Lately I've been doing better, setting positive goals and writing about gratitude as well as the rough spots -- but this article takes that idea to a new level. Who says I can't write a beautiful book for myself, full of everything that's good about me? It's not as if I'll get a swelled head -- it's too easy to think of what's "wrong" with me! Now I'm motivated to think of what's right instead, and write it down so I can read it to myself when I need a lift. Maybe I'll even get to the point where just sitting down and opening the book makes my heart sing.

KSGAL58

5/30/2011 10:47:39 PM

i never have kept a journal, but when young once in awhile id write in a diary, im going to start tommorow keeping a journal

K_RENEE

5/28/2011 11:02:54 PM

I write in a journal, albeit sporadically, and I don't think it's very positive. I usually write about the things that went wrong or the things I did wrong and how I can do better. I guess I figured it was the same thing, but now I see the difference. I'll try this way for now.

LINDAJBERG

5/15/2011 7:03:56 AM

I've written in journals for many years. It has been helpful in the past. I probably need to start doing this again. My self-esteem has taken a nose dive recently.

OSEGUEDA

5/13/2011 8:38:40 PM

I really need this article I love this ideal and I'm going to start tonight.
Thanks Sparks!

TRYINGHARD1948

5/13/2011 7:26:28 PM

This is excellent advice and a great way to have a history of success when maintaining and keeping motivation high.

COVEGIRL1

4/5/2011 7:22:11 PM

I need to start this!

PICKIEPROTEIN

3/7/2011 10:14:20 PM

The advice is good and the link to the article has good, no better advice. They are, both, time well worth the while reading. I see where my faultlines are and how to make the necessary adjustments to the faults. After the adjustments have been made, they will make an impressionable difference.