Here’s Why I Do It

Journaling. What does it really mean to journal?

It’s a question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. I journal three times a day and I’ve been doing this consistently for a little over twelve years.

But why?

Before then, I had made a few weak attempts at journaling. But to no avail. There were always other things that I needed to do, keeping me from making it a habit.

Then something changed.

This Can Be Hard to Do

We tend to be binary thinkers. We assume things have to be one way or the other, ignoring the nuances and complexities of life. But that kind of thinking doesn’t work well in balancing your life.

So how do we find that balance?

Sure, sometimes there are only two choices. When choosing between right and wrong or good and evil, I believe this is the case. But most of life? It’s lived in the middle. And if we only see two options, we’ll stop trying to find balance altogether.

An Example of a To Do List Triage

Everything in life comes down to decisions. The decisions we make affect the outcome.

This past Sunday morning I was running behind schedule due to decisions I made Saturday evening, which were the results of something that happened Friday evening. I can’t go back and change the past, so this gives me a fixed time to get things done.

How do I decide what to do and what not to do?