Blog Journeys of a Lifelong Learner

There are many reasons for journaling. If you do not already have this habit, I hope this list will encourage you to seriously consider it. I have already benefited  more from it than from almost any other personal discipline, but I still hope to grow in it in this next year.

21 Reasons for Journaling:

1. Journaling forces thought,
2. Journaling improves memory.
3. Journaling provides perspective
4. Journaling improves writing skills.
5. Journaling is instructive.
6. Journals can be valuable references.
7. Journals preserve lessons for others.
8. Journaling focuses reflection.
9. Journaling broadens one's perspective.
10. Journaling distinguishes leaders from followers.
11. Journaling records and processes dreams.
12. Journaling minimizes forgetfulness.
13. Journaling improves intelligence.
14. Journaling helps to record God's providence.
15. Journaling maintains awareness of duties.
16. Journaling improves meditation.
17. Journaling impresses ideas upon the mind.
18. Journaling permits lasting thoughts to be recorded.
19. Journaling can hinder much wasting of time.
20. Journaling improves the potential to edify others.
21. Journaling helps one to grow in the worship of God.