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Guys and Journaling Go Together Like...?
If you’ve ever wondered whether any guys keep journals, wonder no more.
Over the next couple of weeks I’ll introduce a series called “Guys and Journaling.” I’ll share the firsthand accounts of the role journaling has played in several men’s lives.
Guys, this is your chance to get inspired to get that pen to the page by learning how your peers do it. Ladies, you’ll get a glimpse inside a few guys’ heads and learn ways to encourage the men in your lives to journal.
Brett McKay, who writes the blog The Art of Manliness, included journaling in his “30 Days to a Better Man” series, which gave men 30 tips on improving different aspects of their lives. According to Brett, it’s a good idea to keep a journal for the following reasons:
• Your children and grandchildren will want to read it
• It can bring you to your senses.
• Journaling grants you immortality.
• Journaling improves your health.
Want evidence? Brett explains that many a great man throughout the ages kept a journal:
Here’s a short list of great men from history who kept journals:
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Thomas Jefferson
• Charles Darwin
• Benjamin Franklin
• Lewis and Clark
• Andrew Carnegie
• Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Captain Cook
• Winston Churchill
• Sir Edmund Hilary
• Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
• Mike Tomlin
I could go on, but I think you get the idea.
The post is followed by an impressive six pages of comments, mostly from guys who journal. You’ll meet a few more on this Journal Therapy Cures blog in the coming days.
Stay tuned for more of Guys and Journaling!
If you’d like to be interviewed… please post a comment here!
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Over the next couple of weeks I’ll introduce a series called “Guys and Journaling.” I’ll share the firsthand accounts of the role journaling has played in several men’s lives.
Guys, this is your chance to get inspired to get that pen to the page by learning how your peers do it. Ladies, you’ll get a glimpse inside a few guys’ heads and learn ways to encourage the men in your lives to journal.
Brett McKay, who writes the blog The Art of Manliness, included journaling in his “30 Days to a Better Man” series, which gave men 30 tips on improving different aspects of their lives. According to Brett, it’s a good idea to keep a journal for the following reasons:
• Your children and grandchildren will want to read it
• It can bring you to your senses.
• Journaling grants you immortality.
• Journaling improves your health.
Want evidence? Brett explains that many a great man throughout the ages kept a journal:
In studying the lives of great men, I’ve noticed a common trait: they were all consistent journal writers. Now, I’m not saying that their greatness is directly attributable to their journaling … But I figure, if great men like these thought it was important to keep a journal, maybe I should, too. Heck, if it weren’t for their journals, we probably wouldn’t know much about their great lives and deeds.
Here’s a short list of great men from history who kept journals:
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Thomas Jefferson
• Charles Darwin
• Benjamin Franklin
• Lewis and Clark
• Andrew Carnegie
• Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Captain Cook
• Winston Churchill
• Sir Edmund Hilary
• Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
• Mike Tomlin
I could go on, but I think you get the idea.
The post is followed by an impressive six pages of comments, mostly from guys who journal. You’ll meet a few more on this Journal Therapy Cures blog in the coming days.
Stay tuned for more of Guys and Journaling!
If you’d like to be interviewed… please post a comment here!
