There are several benefits of having a journal. That goes without saying. It allows for reflection. You gather your thoughts in a semi-organized way. This can produce a springboard to take your observations and experiences, help you find good and bad patters in them through reflection, and then be a means to produce better wanted results.
For example, if I want to write well, I can write about writing. It would force me to think about writing and how I personally do that activity. Don’t psychologists tell you to talk about your problems? They want you to confront them! Talking about them to someone (or yourself) helps to clarify what they are. It helps you find solutions. Instead of a jumbled up mess of emotions and thoughts, you can organize them. You can set goals and parameters. You can reflect on success and failure.
So that’s what, in small part, I will do here in this journal. I will write about writing. I’ll talk about my own writing, in a personal way, and other times about writing in the abstract.
Yes, I’ll give updates about Amateur Logician content. And, yes, I’ll add information on the trivium, quadrivium, etc. Maybe I’ll sometimes talk about the news. Someone could make a living just pointing out the logical fallacies that media pundits and politicians engage in! Doing that too much, though, would become stale. There’s more to life than politics.
In any case. . .
One of the best ways to intellectually and morally grow is through writing.
Having a Personal Journal
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