7 Journaling Techniques That Can Change Your Life

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In my twenties and early thirties, I was a regular journaler. Several years ago, however, I stopped journaling almost entirely because I wasn't getting anything out of it anymore. But my guest has helped me see that my problem wasn't with journaling itself, but that I had gotten into a journaling rut, and he's introduced me to some new ways to journal that have inspired me to get back into the practice. Campbell Walker is an illustrator, animator, podcaster, and YouTuber, as well as the author of Your Head is a Houseboat: A Chaotic Guide to Mental Clarity. Today on the show, Cam shares how journaling transformed his life and what it can do for yours. We discuss why it's helpful to do a journaling brain dump and how to then move beyond that to incorporate different techniques that will help you get greater insight into the problems you're facing and how to solve them. We unpack those techniques, which include how to journal to break mindset, conduct a lifestyle and habits audit, and quell anxiety. We also talk about an experiment Cam did where he only used the social media apps on his phone when he was posting something, and every time he got the itch to check social media for fun, he engaged in something he calls "microjournaling" instead. We end our conversation with how Cam's journaling changed after he became a dad and his tips on making journaling a consistent habit in your life.

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0:00.0	Before we get to today's show, got a quick announcement.
0:02.4	We have an enrollment going on right now for the Strenuous Life at StrenuousLife.co.
0:07.4	The Strenuous Life is an online platform that we created
0:09.9	to help you put into action all the things we've been writing about and talking about
0:13.0	on the art of banless for the past 15 years.
0:15.4	We've done that in a few ways.
0:16.6	We have daily check-ins to help you get your physical activity in every day,
0:19.8	doing a good deed for others, thinking outside of yourself.
0:22.2	We provide weekly challenges, which will push you outside of your comfort zone in various ways.
0:26.2	And we have a badge system.
0:27.3	We have 50 different badges based around 50 different skills, hard skills like camping,
0:31.4	wilderness, survival, fighting.
0:33.4	We also have soft skill badges like public speaking, social skills, and we also got a
0:37.6	journaling badge, which this episode today is about, it's about journaling.
0:40.8	If you always wanted to get in the journaling habit, the TSL journaling badge can help you get there.
0:45.0	Enrollment ends Thursday night, go to StrenuousLife.co to sign up.
0:49.0	Hope to see you there.
0:57.4	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
1:01.2	In my 20s and early 30s, I was a regular journaler.
1:04.2	Several years ago, however, I stopped journaling almost entirely because I wasn't getting anything
1:08.9	out of it anymore.
1:10.2	But my guests has helped me see that my problem wasn't with journaling itself, but that I
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