I used to be lately invited onto the Eudaemonia podcast to speak to host Kim Forrester concerning the significance of a mirrored image follow, and the way taking the time to each write and look again has helped me all through my life, particularly this previous 12 months.
Kim is good and a pleasure to talk with. Our dialog was additionally well timed, since December at Holstee is all about Reflection.
Early within the dialog, we mentioned the delicate however vital distinction between retaining a diary, journaling, and a mirrored image follow.
For the longest time I used the phrases interchangeably. However as we started to construct Reflection.app, I grew to become extra conscious of their distinctions. Here’s a fast breakdown:
Holding a Diary: Recording particular occasions and experiences as a document of your life.
Journaling: Recording particular occasions and experiences alongside along with your ideas, emotions, and feelings.
Reflection: Taking the time to look again on previous occasions and experiences together with the ideas, feelings and emotions you had on the time, so that you could be taught and develop from them.
As I see it, these three dwell on a spectrum, every constructing off of the opposite.
And in my expertise, the extra thorough my journaling is, the extra significant my moments of reflection are.
In case you are keen about reflection, or seeking to make time and area in your life for extra significant reflection, think about listening to the complete podcast dialog. In it we additionally mentioned:
– Find out how to begin a journaling and reflection follow, and the place to start
– Helpful frameworks for increasing your follow
– Find out how to work by way of ‘Lowlights’ and put an finish to rumination
– And what my very own follow seems to be like
Hearken to the episode on iTunes, Google Podcast, Spotify, Overcast, or wherever you favor to take heed to podcasts.
I’d love to listen to your ideas on the dialog!
Mike Radparvar
Co-Founder, Holstee
P.S. The excellence between retaining a diary, journaling and reflection, and the facility of 1 constructing upon the others, have been massive motivations once we got down to construct Reflection.app. Whereas there are a lot of methods to maintain a diary or journal, that is the one platform that features a guided strategy for taking a look at previous entries month-to-month and yearly. Obtain our free app at the moment and see for your self!
P.P.S. Favor paper over a digital? Our 2020 Annual Reflection Journals are scorching off the press!