Hello, world. Welcome to Discover Your Talent, Do What You Love, Number 175. I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.

Every day, I interview someone from around the world who has discovered

his talents to do work he loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom. Once a

week, I interview a well-known expert in the fields of personal development, education, career, and

life planning, who share experiences, tools, and insights to help our listeners

along their journeys. Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured expert, Scott Hay,

from Glasgow, Scotland. Welcome, Scott. Hi, Colin. It's a pleasure to be with you. A few words

about Scott. Scott is a qualified youth and life coach, trainer and facilitator with over 16 years experience

across sectors. His primary focus is on helping struggling teens to overcome the challenges

they face in life so they can create bright futures and achieve their amazing potential.

Scott has been a part of some highly successful coaching projects in the UK, including youth coach in every UK city, and Edinburgh Council's growing confidence projects.

He's also passionate about supporting those who care for or work with young people, including parents and youth professionals.

Scott, we talked earlier, and today's topic is how journaling can help you reach your goals for 2016,

a very timely topic given today's date.

So set the table for our listeners around the world and talk about this topic and how you're approaching it, if you would, please.

Yeah, absolutely.

Thanks, Don, and thanks for having me on the show.

I guess a good starting point might actually be to talk about what journaling is,

because although most people know where it is, maybe not everyone.

In terms of, for those who aren't familiar with journaling,

it really is about the process of getting your thoughts, feelings and emotions out of your head

and onto paper. Some people might be familiar with, and say this inverted commas, keeping a diary,

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