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Should you take up journaling, and if you do, will it help you with your time management and productivity? That’s what we’re exploring this week.
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Script | 355
Hello, and welcome to episode 355 of the Your Time, Your Way Podcast. A podcast to answer all your questions about productivity, time management, self-development and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein, and I am your host of this show.
This year is the 10th anniversary since I took up consistent journaling. And it’s been one of the best things I’ve ever taken up.
Not only is it one of the most therapeutic things you can do, it’s also one of the best ways to organise your thoughts, work your way through problems and vent your anger towards those who really wind you up.
Over the years, I’ve also found that journaling has helped me to achieve my goals because each day I am writing about how I am doing and if I find myself making excusing, the act of writing out my excuses exposes them for what they really are—excuses.
So, this week, I’ve chosen a question related to journaling and I hope it will inspire you to invest in a quality notebook and pen and start doing it yourself. And if I can inspire just one of you to take it up and become a Samuel Pepys, I’ll be very happy.
So, to kick ups off, let me hand you over to the Mystery Podcast Voice for this week’s question.
This week’s question comes from Tom. Tom asks, hi Carl, I’ve heard you talk about your journaling habit numerous times. Do you think writing a journal has helped or hindered your productivity?
Hi Tom, thank you for your question.
To answer your question directly, I can say with certainty that journaling has contributed to my overall productivity.
To explain further, I write in my journal every morning, no matter where I am. And one of the things I always write down is my two objective tasks for the day. Those objectives are the two non-negotiable tasks for the day and by writing them down at the top of my journal entry, I have a way of ensuring I did them when I write my journal the next day,
But more powerfully, writing them down each morning focuses my mind on what needs to be done and how and when I will do them.
Those tasks are also in my task manager, but it’s the act of writing them out by hand that gives me the focus.
Writing a journal is much more