The Benefits of Journaling Achieving Goals

Journaling is one of those things that I think every person should try because there are so many benefits! I have been an avid journaler my entire life. I can’t remember a time where I didn’t journal. It helps give you clarity, increases your intuition, and de-clutters your mind – just to name a few. Plus, it’s fun!

If you are someone who needs help setting and achieving goals, journaling is a tool that can help you with goal-setting. It will force you to think about your goals, consider the why and how, and delve deeper into the situation so that you can examine all sides of it.

A lot of people don’t take goal-setting seriously and think they can achieve their goals without any kind of strategy or plan. Things are just going to happen on their own. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but A GOAL WITHOUT A PLAN IS JUST A WISH!

Do you want to make wishes or do you want to set and achieve your goals?

Here are 5 ways journaling can help you to achieve your goals.

1. It Forces You to Write Down Your Goals – When you start a journal, it basically is a way to force yourself to document your goals. Whether you write them down on paper or you use technology to get it all down doesn’t matter. Once they’re written, they are ready to tackle.

2. It Makes You Consider Why and How – As you enter data into your journal, you’ll be forced to face the why and how of your goal. This is especially true if you write down a goal and focus on it in your journal.

3. It Enables You to Examine the Opportunities and Threats – When you are focused on goal making with your journal, you’ll also explore opportunities and threats coming your way due to your goals. It helps you avoid roadblocks in advance.

4. It Makes You Develop Steps for Success Based on Your Goals – When you see it written down, you’ll want to notice and pull out any steps you’ve developed in your journal and put them in your calendar for scheduling.

5. It Provides Accountability – Even if no one else is reading your journal, a private journal can help you become accountable to yourself. If you develop the habit of looking at your journal each day and put something else in there each day, it’ll work great for helping you become more accountable.

I challenge you to try these tips and see how effective they can be. Journaling is an excellent way to work toward achieving all your goals. It will even help you make better goals because the process of entering facts in your journal will cause you to see them in a more logical way that is more useful.

The POWER of Journaling will be released in Fall 2020 as well as her journal collection for breast cancer survivors, caregivers, tween and teen girls, womenpreneurs and prayer warriors. If you’d like to connect with Michelle, you can email her at michelle@vmscommunications.net or on