Hello and welcome to another episode of the Emma Gunn Show. I am your host, Emma Gunnarwardner.

And in this episode, we're catching up on my 12th habit, journaling. So this is all part of 26 habits.

And if you're new to the show, if you've just discovered me and the episode for the first time,

go back through the feed, you can find all the other 26 habits. And they are also all living

on the pool. The link to which will be in the show notes. The idea is to try to do 26 two-week

habits with the idea of giving yourself 26 micro wins throughout 2018 and therefore give

yourself a little bit of a boost feel capable feel like you're achieving things what's not to love

so if you listen to the previous episode you'll know that the reason i decided to make this a 26

habits is because much like many of the other habits journaling is very easy to do and is proven to have many

positive effects on both mental and physical health, but because of this ease, can be very

easily overlooked and put off until tomorrow. It's one of those things you can dismiss as being

so easy to do that you think, well, I'll definitely do it tomorrow because, goodness

me, it's so easy, or I'll make time for it later, or I'll do that after lunch, or I'll just clean the kitchen floor, blah, blah, blah, before you know it, a year's past and you've never tried it. If you're anything like me, you just never get round to it, which is why I wanted to include it, because it's something that does interest me. It's just kicking myself into gear.

So I decided to include it, because it's something that does interest me. It's just kicking myself into gear.

So I decided to journal in the morning and in the evening and to make things as easy as possible,

whilst still getting the benefits.

I decided to answer five questions in my morning journal and three in my evening one.

I figured that that gave me the scope to write one word

answers and still be okay, but then kind of, you know, wang on for a bit if I so wished.

Full disclosure, I've found morning journaling a lot easier to incorporate into my life than

the evening journaling. I am a real overthinker, so as soon as I wake up,

my mind is rushing around and I'll start one email and as I answer a text or I check social or

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