
All motivation experts agree that we only change essential things in our lives after we write them down. Writing down forces us to think about our existence and our goals. Writing down records our intentions and inspires us to plan and take action.
7 capture & release techniques:
- Choose a beautifully bound booklet with fixed blades. Moleskine has a tasty and handy range. No loose leaves, because they swing around and disappear. Bound stays put and stores better.
- Write down things just for yourself and not with the intention of ever being read or published by anyone else. That's what this kind of writing is for. If you're dealing with curious roommates, keep your notebook very well hidden. Your concerns are only meant for yourself and your personal development and may appear incomprehensible or even hurtful to others. Find a safe place to store it.
- Don't jot for others but for you. You must write uncensored. You should not hold back or correct yourself except for the moment you feel you are lying. The truth is the highest good, especially in relation to yourself.
- Leave spelling and language errors. Concentrate on content and let your feelings and thoughts flow.
- Practice patience. You will not note genial ideas or heavenly insights from day one, but it comes. Usually within a period of a hundred days.
- Write in the morning. That turns out to be the perfect writing moment for most people. A moment to evaluate the past day and to have expectations for what is to come. You will find that the next day will be less of a problem, but more of a blank sheet that you can fill in at will.
- Take the test. It often helps if you include a trial period. That you try out writing for a few weeks around a certain period that is special to you. Christmas, the holidays, pregnancy. Once you get the hang of it, it becomes a habit like washing, dressing and making coffee.