WHY YOU SHOULD TRY FUTURE SELF JOURNALING

Aside from several benefits, many are curious to wonder why they should try future self-journaling. Feeling skeptical about the idea is entirely natural, especially if you’re not too keen on exploring your emotions on a deeper level.

The only way to overcome this common obstacle is to start; over time, you won’t even think twice before writing! To give you some perspective on the beneficial reasons why you should future self-journal, here is a list:

1. Keep track of your goals and how you can better reach them—making it a habit to keep a future self-journal will help you to keep track of your goals and, even better, how you can best reach them. Face it, many people have goals but aren’t sure how to get them, especially if the current state of life makes reaching goals seem almost impossible. By telling your future self that you will indeed have this goal and reach it, you’re already halfway there to reach that goal.

2. Allow your writing to help shape your life—although you have no idea of exactly how your future will play out, using a future self journal can at least give you some idea of how the end may play out later in life. By writing to your future self about your goals and how you can pursue them, you are positively shaping your life in more ways than one.

3. Become more reasonable in making decisions—irrational decisions are just one of the many unavoidable ways of living and, undeniably, a human life. Future self-journaling won’t stop you from making unreasonable decisions, but it can at least help you make reasonable decisions. Respect for your future self can encourage you to respect your current self and, therefore, consider decisions that might hinder you from reaching your goals, etc.

4. Better predict positive emotions—if you remember the notion that humans are evil when it comes to predicting positive emotions, you’ll be surprised to discover that one of the many reasons for the future self journal is, you guessed, to predict positive emotions better! A better word for this would be none other than optimism, which is having a positive outlook or feeling toward something. By encouraging your future self to feel positive, having optimistic predictions can come easier.

5. Create positive aspirations—passion is the driving force of life. If you’re not passionate about anything, it can make enjoying life difficult. Even minor interests can count as passions, such as taking long walks in the park or knitting. Future self-journaling is one of the many ways to propel you to create positive aspirations. Identifying a passion worth creating something meaningful in your life can give you something to aspire for in the future.