- art journals like writing journals, grant you artistic space in your life. but in an art journal, instead of recording and exploring writing possibilities and exercises, you would draw or paint your images, metaphors, and experiences, visual, tactile, or emotional. many artists prefer to keep art journals of their dreams rather than traditional dream journals. the purpose of an art journal is to expand your creativity and your awareness of the artist within.
- career journals aid you in exploring your career options and professional identity. they help you to discover who you are and what role you want work to play in your life. the purpose of a career journal is to deepen your awareness of your values, passions, life dreams, and purpose.
- dream journals help you to understand your sleeping dreams. in them, you record not only the details of your dream, the date, what happened, and the like, but also the dream's symbols, meaning, and emotion. while not all dream journalers record and explore every dream they have, most find it helpful to learn how to work with their dreams and to practice doing so often enough to stay in touch with the evolution of their own unconscious. the purpose of a dream journal is to learn how to communicate with your unconscious self.
- feeling journals create space for you to name, explore, vent, and feel your emotions and feelings. yes, feel your feelings—not just talk about them. it's one thing to be able to say, "i'm angry" and to have a safe space in which to record that emotion. it is another thing altogether to explore what anger feels like, looks like, and sounds like for you. you can learn how to vent or express it safely and feel it deeply until it passes or dissipates.
- goal journals challenge you to set and document your achievements. whether you're launching a job search, a new business, or tracking your health or fitness accomplishments, such journals give you space to capture your thoughts and feelings about your journey to achieve your goals. the purpose of a goal journal is to reveal your internal and external assets and liabilities to attain your desired goals.
- gratitude journals give you space where you can record those things in your inner or outer life that have generated in you a feeling of gratitude or thankfulness. usually made up of brief listings, such journals allow you the opportunity to literally count your blessings and explore your feelings about them. imagine the benefit of such a habit during a sorrowful time in your life! the purpose of a gratitude journal is to see, accept, and be thankful for what is.
- health and healing journals help you chronicle your healing from, or experience of, injury or disease. cancer journals are an obvious example. but such journals can also track positive experiences, such as the birth or adoption of a baby. the purpose of a health and healing journal is to deepen your awareness of and relationship with your physical self.
- historical journals chronicle the special times and history of your life and that of your family. here is a place where you can write down the stories your grandmother told you, your own autobiography, or the wisdom you wish to pass on to the next generation. the purpose of a historical journal is to preserve history and capture wisdom.
- spiritual journals support you in developing a more active faith life using the spiritual practices of your preferred faith tradition. prayer journals are but one example of the many kinds of spiritual journals. this type of journaling has grown in popularity over recent years. the purpose of a spiritual journal is to deepen your awareness of your spiritual self.
- thought journals help you explore your own thoughts, ideas, opinions, beliefs, and attitudes. they're often used for stress management, as people often find it helpful to name and analyze what is causing the stress in their lives. the key word in that last sentence is analyze because it reveals the true purpose of a thought journal: to analyze your intellect and its myriad components. thought journals reveal your intellectual self and support your ability to make rational decisions.
- travel journals describe your explorations of places and cultures new to you. whether you are traveling near or far, if you journal your trip, you will find yourself recording your impressions, reactions and experiences of people, places and activities. the purpose of a travel journal is to document your subjective experience of those people, places, and activities.
- writing journals grant you space to record and explore your writing, plot, and character ideas, and try out exercises that build or expand your writing skills. if you're an aspiring writer, you may want to investigate this type of journal. the purpose of a writing journal is to expand your creativity and your awareness of the writer within.
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