I watched Dancing With the Stars this week for the first time ever. While I love dance, the last thing I need is to get hooked on another TV show. Well, my mom was visiting and she wanted to see the season premiere. So we tuned in.
For me, the most exciting moment was when Florence Henderson said that she keeps a journal at night and that she thinks she has written I will be on Dancing with the Stars in it fifty times. And there she was!
That’s a mighty awesome testimonial to the power of journaling.
Of course, just saying something doesn’t make it happen. But here is what can happen when you write your goals in your journal:
- You crystallize your thoughts. How can you meet a goal until you define it?
- Repetition can turn a goal into an affirmation. Affirmations are short, positive statements that you repeat to yourself. Writing them down makes them even stronger.
- You can only write the same thing over and over for so long without it having an effect on you. Eventually, you will likely either take an action to propel you toward your goal or you will revisit your goal. Either way, you will have learned something about yourself.
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