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wellness-university · 1 year

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Journaling for Students

Have you ever wanted to expel the hundreds of thoughts running through your mind? Or how about a place to note down your upcoming assignments so you can stop turning them in late?

Instead of speaking out loud to someone, journaling can be a different way to brain dump.

Journaling is helpful for diminishing feelings of stress and anxiety because it’s a focused activity. When you are focused on a task, your brain tends to center in on that task and forget everything else. Especially when writing.

But journaling isn’t only used for brain dumping. It can also be used to track your habits and schedule activities. So, let’s dive into journaling and how we can use it as a tool for our organization and mental health.

How to Journal Mental Health

As I mentioned before, writing is a task that requires focus. If you find yourself stressed, doing something like a puzzle or playing a video game could help you calm down.

The main difference between those activities and journaling is that when you journal, you can address the feelings that are bothering you. There are two main methods of journaling:

1. Intentionally writing about a specific topic or prompt

2. Writing whatever comes to mind

These are the most popular ways to journal for mental health. I’d recommend practicing each of them and seeing which one fits your situation best. And you don’t have to stick to just one way of journaling. In fact, it might help you focus more when you try a new format every few weeks. Some formats are more beneficial depending on your situation.

Let me make it clear - there is no set way to journal. That’s something you have to figure out yourself. You can purchase a plain journal with lined pages to write or even a journal with blank pages to draw. But here are a few prompts you can follow if you want to journal for your mental health:

- What is making you anxious? Is it logical to feel this way?

- Write to a version of your past self. What would you tell them now?

- Think of something that worried you in the past. How was it resolved? Are you still worried about it now? And if so, has it gotten any better?

- Write about everything that you’re grateful for. When writing, don’t rush. Stay on a topic as long as you want and try to actually “feel” the gratitude.

How to Journal for Organization

Many students use a planner or an agenda to write in their assignments and homework. Agendas are a useful tool because they’re usually in a calendar format, which can be helpful for visual learners. But there’s a difference between writing due dates in an agenda and actually planning on how to accomplish those tasks.

If you’ve ever frantically scrambled through your agenda to find that you don’t have the assignment that was supposed to be turned in, then I recommend using a journal to time block your day. If you’ve never heard of time blocking, it really isn’t anything complicated.

But it changed my life.

Seeing my day mapped out in the morning soothed my running thoughts. In a way, I became my own personal assistant because I knew exactly what events or tasks were planned for the day.

Time blocking is a system that dictates your tasks at each hour of the day. Before you time block, you should have a to-do list so you know what you have to accomplish that day. Here’s how to do it:

1. On the left side of your page, write in each individual hour starting from when you wake up to when you go to sleep

2. Fill in the tasks you’re doing that day at their specified times. Start with classes or other activities that happen at times you can’t control

3. Use your to-do list to fill in the rest of the day

When filling out the rest of your day, try using your knowledge of your own habits. Are you more productive in the evening, afternoon, or morning? If you have the option, write in your toughest tasks during those productive times. This will make you life a lot easier and help you enjoy checking off your to-do list.

How to Track your Habits with Journaling

If you’re interested in tracking your habits, you should invest in a bullet journal. Bullet journal pages are formatted with a grid instead of being lined. This allows you to draw different templates and be as creative as you want with them.

This is why they’re so wonderful for tracking personal patterns.

Students who tend to use different colored highlighters, pens, and stickers will find success with bullet journaling. This is because most habit trackers tend to have boxes to fill in with a color once you’ve completed the task. For example, let’s say you’re tracking each day you go to the gym. In your bullet journal, use the grid paper to draw the shape of the month’s calendar with boxes. After going to the gym, fill in the box with a highlighter of your choice.

There are plenty of YouTube videos on different templates you can do and how to set up your journal for each month. Here are a few ideas of what you can track in your bullet journal:

- How much sleep you’re getting every night

- Daily goals

- Long-term goals

- Studying for exams

Journaling as a Student

Journaling is a habit that I've built over five years. There were some semesters where I’d set up a month of trackers in my bullet journal, and I’d come back three months later to unused, dusty pages. Even if you’re not consistent with journaling, that isn’t a reason not to do it.

Like I mentioned before, the act of journaling is a focused activity. Make sure that you allot a specific amount of time for your journaling sessions. This will make it feel like a personal routine.

So, go grab your highlighters and favorite pen. It’s time to soothe your mind and stay ahead of your classes!

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pamplemoussevt · 1 year

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We’re accepting submissions until April 1st!

Use this link to submit your artwork, short stories, and creative non-fiction. We do also accept poetry, but right now we’re swimming in poetry, so we’d love to see some other kinds of applications as well!

#literary journal #literature #pamplemousse #lit mags #student journal #northern Vermont university

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student-journal · 1 year

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Day 8 : What do you find difficult within your subject(s)?

Honestly not necessarily the subject itself… group projects, working with lab partners, etc are the hardest for me, or anything that involves social interaction :(

#student journal #study challenge #studyblr #subatomicstudychallenge #stemblr #student-journal

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journalofkenjinatxu · 5 months

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Reflection of my Academic Life

Amidst my academic journey as an 11th grader in FSUU, I found myself wrestling to blend within my designated section. I languished in the crucible of isolation and ostracism, convinced of my own lack of favorability. However, when collaborative ventures emerged, compelled camaraderie ensued despite the underlying dissonance. The veneer of tolerance has masqueraded the truth, I discern authenticity from feigned friendliness. Despite their attempts, no one can beguile me, as I've traversed this quandary throughout my entire junior high school sojourn.

I'm aware, it's lamentable. Pathetic, to put it mildly. Yet, therein lies the crux of this discourse. Articulating my sense of inferiority that has wrought emotional anguish upon me since the dawn of my junior high school tenure. I've sensed a pattern evolving over time... A faux sweetness that surfaces solely for the purpose of utility. They cling until extracting what is needed or wanted, discarding me like an obsolete tool thereafter. And that profound experience is a hard lesson etched in the deep recesses of my being from those years. Not every soul merits the benevolence I bestow. Perhaps embracing my inner darkness isn't entirely undesirable. In fact it might just be a hidden boon, a guardian shielding my life from unworthy souls.

Consider this a symphony directed at each of my classmates, for I find my existence harmonious without the dissonance of your presence. I am elevated without the encumbrance of any of you. In spite of being illuminated by this insight, yet find myself powerless to rewrite the cosmic script. I'm destined to perform the narrative scripted by fate. Our world, a cosmic theater penned by the stars, orchestrates forthcoming events.

#dear diary #digital diary #journal #my diary #online diary #deep thoughts #emotions #feelings #journal entry #diary entry #thoughts #academic life #school life #student diary #student journal

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diario-de-biancas · 1 year

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Primera reunión del club de periodismo (5 de agosto 2022)

Una de las propuestas del consejo estudiantil del año lectivo 2022-2023 fue establecer un periódico escolar estudiantil. Desde los inicios de la propuesta, mucho antes de las elecciones del consejo estudiantil, una amiga mía (MJ) me había invitado a ser su mano derecha como administradora del periódico, a lo que accedí.

Llevó una gran parte del tiempo prepararnos antes de finalmente establecer que se realice una primera reunión con los miembros que habíamos podido reclutar, pero cuando finalmente se hizo, decidimos hacer unas diapositivas para que el primer día sea una dinámica para conocernos mejor entre todos.

Sentí mucha felicidad y orgullo por tener el placer de formar parte de un proyecto de tal relevancia, que si bien puede que no sea 'el mejor' o más destacado, es el primer periódico escolar plenamente estudiantil el cual se lleva a cabo dentro de la institución, lo cual nos permite abrir caminos para que las siguientes generaciones tengan esa oportunidad de plasmar libremente sus ideas.

#periodismo #journalism #extracurricular #club #periódico #periódico escolar #student journal #cas #creatividad #ib student #ib program #friends #interaction #international

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hauntedomens · 4 months

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'I Can't Remember Her, Yet She Lives Inside Me' by Amy Canning

Prints Here!

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zape-bun · 1 year

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theoptia · 2 years

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Simone de Beauvoir, from Diary of a Philosophy Student: Volume 2, 1928-9; Monday, November 5

Text ID: —I have so much love in me that I would like to cry;

#simone de beauvoir #diary of a philosophy student: volume 2 1928-9 #quote #diary #journal #french literature #lit #miscellanea #αἰνελένη

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soahbee · 28 days

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Older men's hands are the perfect jewelry on girls' necks.

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salvadorbonaparte · 1 year

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* blows a kiss to my computer * for JSTOR

#Jstor #Gradblr #Big shout out also to pubmed #I'm not a medical student but I had to find some old medical journals for a Thing and they were freeeeeee

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journalette · 1 month

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The magic of studying on a bar's table.

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thelailasblog · 11 months

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pamplemoussevt · 1 year

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Spring '23 Issue

Our newest edition is going to be released next week on Monday May 1st! We're so excited for everybody to read the works featured in this season's magazine.

The link to the website is featured in the pinned post if you're interested in reading!

#pamplemousse #pamplemoussevt #lit mags #literary journal #poetry #short story #indie publishing #student journal #northern vermont university

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polinariavb · 3 months

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01//02 Another bullet journal session

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realjdobypr · 2 months

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Editor and SEO Researcher Dr. Jerry Doby Releases Book for Digital Journalists and Newsrooms

Excited to have released my first book...would love to know your thoughts! SEO Essentials: A Journalist's Handbook is as up to date as it gets!

For his first published book ever, editor and published SEO researcher Dr. Jerry Doby just released SEO Essentials for Online Magazines: A Journalist’s Handbook on MagCloud. This book is based on his published research paper SEO-optimized Writing: Removing the Mystery, featured in the Cognitionis Scientific Journal (2023) and sponsored by Logos University International (UNILOGOS).SEO Essentials…

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#authors #books #celebrity #digital newsroom #Education #entertainment industry #film #how to #journalism students #media #music #research #search engine optimization #young journalists

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emgoesmed · 7 months

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10/9/2023

Scenes from a café date over the weekend 🥰

#emgoesmed #studyblr #studyspo #med student #med school #med studyblr #ms4 #journaling #coffee #weekend #cafe #this cafe is art-themed #the sandwich is named “the spicy Bob Ross #I had such a lovely weekend #tired but happy #autumn vibes have been immaculate lately

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