100 days writing a journal: Here’s what happened to me.

Your inner self is waiting for you to sit down and explore the universe that is you.

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100 days writing a journal every morning.

100 days doing inner work to understand what is going on with me

100 days looking for answers.

100 days creating a habit.

I started practicing journaling at the beginning of 2021, to be more precise it was January 17th, 2021. Why did I start, you may ask. Well, because I needed to show up for myself a little bit more, keep track of my thoughts, emotions, and all the good and bad things that happened in a day.

The dynamic is:

Wake up, grab your pen and your notebook, write down the date and then write about the previous day. You can write in any way that works better for you: essay-like, bullet points, anything. Most of the time I see myself writing 3 pages.

Let yourself go with your thoughts, create intention, reflect your feelings with your words. There is no correct way to do it just feel free to express yourself.

Here is what I loved and what I didn’t like so much about this experiment I carried out for myself:

LOVED: Showing up for myself

Like my exercise guru, Melissa Wood, always says: you have to show up for yourself every day even if it is for 15 minutes.

Writing a journal every day for 100 days, between 10 to 20 minutes writing about my previous day, anything that may have happened, something that hurt me, or what I learned. This allowed me to practice introspection and made me ‘show up for myself’ connecting me to my worries, wishes, and desires.

DIDN’T LIKE: Finding myself writing the same thing over and over again

This clearly is not my journal's fault but mine. Hence one of the reasons I started to go to therapy because I started to go in circles with my thoughts. The journaling exercise aim was to help me find answers, but in some cases made me increased my fears or doubts.

LOVED: Looking back on the pages

Remember it is okay to look back… just don’t stare.

Sometimes it’s hard for us to realize that we’ve changed and grow. This can happen in a minute or it can take us a while.

Having written every day for the past 100 days makes it easier for me to look back on the pages and see:

1. If I grew from a thought.
2. If I am still stuck going in circles.
3. If something that I desired two weeks ago is finally in my life.

The journal is a great way to remind me of what matters to me and track my daily inner work.

DIDN’T LIKE: Somedays there is nothing to write about

Let's face it… not every day is interesting, not every day is memorable, and even if you try to find something to discuss with yourself there is simply nothing.

Whenever it was one of these days I would use the journal to write down the things I was grateful for or what I wanted to do that day.

So maybe I could say there is always something to write about…

LOVED: Creating a habit

This is probably what I am most proud of. The first thing I have been doing for 100 days after brushing my teeth and washing my face is sitting down with my journal and connect with my inner self.

Habits (good ones) are hard to achieve. There are so many books written about habits that give us the solutions to finally be able to fight against our ‘laziness’ to create positive change in our routines. Writing this journal was definitely positive amongst all.

THE NEXT STEP

100 days is not the end. This is not why I'm writing my experience. 100 days is only the beginning of this practice but I am going to change the routine:

1. I will let myself chose whether to write in the morning or before going to bed.
2. I will set goals, desires, and manifestation.
3. I will ask precise questions and look for the answer.
4. Focus more on what I do instead of what other people do: What did I do? How should I act? Why do I think like this?
5. I will focus more on what is to come rather than on what happened. Although I will always look back on the pages for reference.