What is it? Optimism journaling is an alterative to gratitude journaling. Instead of journaling at the end of your day and listing what you felt grateful for, you go into your day with the intention of finding things that are making it brighter. There are no rule in journaling, so you may absolutely journal whenever it suits you. (Including the end of the day). 🙂 The operative here is in going into your day with the expectation that you'll find goodness in it. Why Do This? F

Awareness is noticing what is, observing thoughts, feelings, surroundings. That can be simply noticing something. It can also be going out your way to notice, track, and observe something. Think: " It is catching my attention" vs "I'm giving it attention". It's important to take notice to Awareness in journaling as its own entity. Recognizing something exists allows you to get curious about it. Your curiosity leads you to study it. Your study of it leads to you using it as a

What is it? This-That journaling is a journaling practice that asks you to compare two (or more) concepts that you feel have a relationship worth exploring. For example: Respect ⇄ Acceptance ⇄ Understanding ⇄ Reverence Jealousy ⇄ Envy Empathy ⇄ Sonder Anxiety ⇄ Fear ⇄ Excitement ⇄ Anticipation Gratitude ⇄ Optimism Interesting ⇄ Stimulating Love ⇄ Lust ⇄ Attachment Intentional ⇄ Mindful ⇄ Deliberate Patience ⇄ Tolerance Happiness ⇄ Contentment Notice ⇄ Wonder Understand ⇄ Appr