Journaling: The 2000 Year Old Solution To Improve Your Life

If I’m ever feeling overwhelmed, lost, or in a negative state overall, this is the ritual that never fails to help me through it.

It is simple, free, and anyone can do it.

As you’ve probably guessed from the title, this tool is journaling.

What is journaling?

For me, it consists of writing everything that’s on my mind, from past issues that haunt me to future anxieties. No filters, no editing.

Just the rawest version of my current thoughts and emotions.

To my surprise, every single time after I’m done, it feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I can think with much more clarity, while simultaneously, coming to terms with the “bad” emotions.

I first started doing it, after learning about the drastic number of people, throughout history, who shared this experience:

Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Leonardo Da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Marcus Aurelius, and so many others.

One of the most popular stoic books, and one of my personal favorites is a compilation of the emperor of Rome’s journal entries. This book is, of course, “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius.