Articles on journaling, reflection, and the practice of writing by hand. Exploring how thoughtful writing supports clarity, self-awareness, and disciplined thinking.
You can always spot the person who writes. Not the professional, the everyday one, the person who simply likes putting pen to paper. They’re the one in the cafe with a notebook open instead of a phone. The one who walks into a meeting and takes notes by hand while everyone else lets software do
People think the hard part of journalling is starting. It isn’t. The hard part is that you can start, keep going every day for months, and still not be writing anything honest. You can build the habit long before you build the courage the habit is supposed to require. That was me for the first
Open the be still journal and there’s nowhere that tells you what to write. No gratitude boxes, no mood scales, no “how are you feeling today” waiting at the top of the page. Some people will see that as something missing. I see it as the entire point. I didn’t arrive there by accident. I
Journalling only works if you’re honest. On what six years of daily writing actually taught me – and why the entries aren’t the point, the clarity is.
Most people overthink starting a journal. I started because I wanted to belong to a club. Six years of daily entries later – here’s what actually matters.
Screens hide the chaos in your thinking. Paper shows it. On why going analog changed how I think – not just where I write things down.
Most people journal wrong. There’s a difference between recording your day and actually thinking on paper – and only one of them changes how you see things.