--- title: Mari's Life Matters Blog | CreateWriteNow | Mason Lanier description: Discover how Journaling For The Health Of It® helps you with your Money, Health, and Self Matters in our monthly problem-solving columns. --- [Skip to content](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/author/mason-lanier#main-content) Close ** Click to close Learn from real people, just like you, how therapeutic journaling can benefit your life. Within these personal stories you’ll find journaling tips, tricks, inspiration and ideas that help you structure your journaling practice—and discover the true value journaling can bring to your life. Find the inspiration to keep going and the motivation to make journaling work for you and your hectic schedule. Learn about these everyday people who made the decision to put pen to paper and how it transformed their lives! Have a problem getting back into or staying with your Journaling Power Practice? CreateWriteNow provides 300+ unique, soul-searching journaling power prompts here that will inspire your Muse and jumpstart your word flow. Life Matters Blog | [Life Matters](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/tag/life-matters), [Men Matters](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/tag/men-matters) ## [Men Matters: What People Don't Notice About You: A Man's Perspective on Self-Image](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/men-matters-a-mans-perspective-on-self-image) [Mason Lanier](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/author/mason-lanier) It's easy to forget that self-image is a lot more than just how you look. It's the way we see ourselves in our own minds, and it affects every aspect of our lives. It affects what kind of clothes we wear, how we behave in public, and even who we choose to be friends with. The way someone perceives their own self-image can be incredibly positive or incredibly negative. A lot of people think that self-esteem is only about physical appearance, but it's so much more than that. It's about how you see yourself mentally and emotionally as well. It's about your [confidence](https://www.createwritenow.com/journal-writing-blog/7-easy-ways-to-build-self-esteem-and-your-confidence) levels, your self-esteem, and your overall outlook on life. It's important to remember that everyone is different and that there is no "right" or "wrong" way to have a self-image. [Read More](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/men-matters-a-mans-perspective-on-self-image) Life Matters Blog | [Life Matters](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/tag/life-matters), [Men Matters](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/tag/men-matters) ## [Men Matters: The Benefits of Journaling and Why It Matters](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/men-matters-the-benefits-of-journaling-and-why-it-matters) [Mason Lanier](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/author/mason-lanier) There's a certain stigma around the idea of men writing in journals. Society tells us that it's a woman's thing and that men should be tough and never show their emotions. I'm here to tell you why... [Read More](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/men-matters-the-benefits-of-journaling-and-why-it-matters) Life Matters Blog | [Life Matters](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/tag/life-matters), [Men Matters](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/tag/men-matters) ## [Men Matters: My Journaling Story (Mason Lanier)](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/men-matters-my-journaling-story-mason-lanier) [Mason Lanier](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/author/mason-lanier) *This is the first monthly Men Matters column by Mason Lanier which will provide a man’s experience with Journaling For The Health Of It®️* ## How I got into journaling In 2016, I read a book called... [Read More](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/men-matters-my-journaling-story-mason-lanier) # Life Challenges Blog ## Posts by Mason Lanier: [![Men Matters: What People Don't Notice About You: A Man's Perspective on Self-Image-featured](https://www.createwritenow.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Men%20Matters.jpg?length=400&name=Men%20Matters.jpg) ](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/men-matters-a-mans-perspective-on-self-image) Life Matters AND Men Matters Mason Lanier #### [Men Matters: What People Don't Notice About You: A Man's Perspective on Self-Image Men Matters: What People Don't Notice About You: A Man's Perspective on Self-Image](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/men-matters-a-mans-perspective-on-self-image) It's easy to forget that self-image is a lot more than just how you look. It's the way we see ourselves in our own minds, and it affects every aspect... 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