Hidden dangers of journaling – venting over the same old sh!t

Today we are going to discuss a question that regularly lands in my inbox, a variation of “How can I stop writing or venting the same things every day in my journal?”.  It is too easy to keep ranting over the same issues, I absolutely get it – so how do we stop? Let’s take a look…………………….

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It’s easy to do – wallow in the negativity or only ever turning to your journal to vent. 

Don’t get me wrong though – I vent in my journal, and I will encourage you to do so too……….

…………….BUT it comes with an osmium-level warning. 

Journal your way out – DON’T GET STUCK IN A RUTT

Here are my ideas to avoid a venting rut 

💜 When you notice regular themes in your venting – do something about it

💜 Journal twice as much good stuff as you vent 

That first one is easy to write out but how do you do it?

Set yourself a number – how many times have you written about this? 3, 4, 8 times? At what point do you want to set a trigger?

Once you hit that number, grab a separate piece of paper or notebook and start asking questions:

❓What is the core issue?

❓What steps can I take to stop it? List out all your options.

❓What step will I take first?

❓What support do I need?

If you want a whole load of questions then check out Cosmical, it has over 400 covering all areas of life. 

Make that first step a prompt in your journal, something along the lines of: 

💜Today I will ………………………………………………

💜Today I …………………………………. And it felt uncomfortable/great.  Tomorrow I will do the same/take the next step

💜Today I worked on ……………………… and need to start focusing on ……………………………….

🔥Hot tips for separation.  As I have noted I do vent in my journal however, I keep a separate journal (Expellaruptus was created for this purpose) for this.

💜 Keep your venting in a separate book 

💜 Keep your venting book out of sight

There is nothing wrong with having journals for different purposes (I have an entire system supporting all areas of my growth) and having a separate one for my venting is a fantabulous solution. 

It lives in a drawer so I don’t look at the negativity all the time. 

So whilst I know I have a safe place to vent it’s not up in my grill all the time. 

❓ What additional tips do you have for avoiding a journaling rut?

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