The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)

Effective Journaling
Here are 3 simple steps to get started with journaling, or improve your
current journaling process.
1.
Choose a Format — Digital or Traditional. You’ll want to
decide up front if you want to go with a traditional, physical lined
journal or go digital, such as an online journal, journaling software,
or journaling app, such as The Miracle Morning app for the iPhone,
iPad, and Android (which has the built-in Miracle Morning
Journal.) Having used both traditional and digital, there are
advantages and disadvantages to both formats (which I’ll address in
a minute), but it really comes down to your personal preference—
do you prefer to write by hand, or would you rather type your daily

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journal entries. That should make it a relatively simple decision as
to which format to use.
2.
Get a Journal. When it comes to a traditional journal, while just
about anything can work (you can even use a 99 cent spiral
notebook), since you’re probably going to have it for the rest of
your life there is something to be said about getting a nice, durable
journal that you enjoy looking at. Get a journal that is not only
lined, but also dated, with room to write for all 365 days of the year.
I’ve found that having a pre-designated (dated) space to write keeps
me accountable to follow through each day, since I can’t help but
notice when I miss a day or two, because they’re blank. This
usually motivates me to go back and mentally review those missed
days and catch up my journal entries. It’s also nice to have dated
journals for every year, so you can easily go back and review any
time in your life, and experience those benefits I previously
described in My First Journal Re-view. One of my favorite lined,
dated
journals
is
The
Winners
Journal
(
www.TheWinnersJournal.com
), which I used from 2007-2009, and
was very pleased with the results. In fact, it’s what inspired me to
design and create The Miracle Morning Journal (which is available
on
Amazon.com
). You can even download a free sample of The
Miracle Morning Journal at the website listed after these three
steps.
When it comes to a digital journal (which I used before I
created the TMM Journal), there are also many choices
available. I enjoyed using the Day One iPhone app last year,
and the online journal at
www.penzu.com
is very popular.
Again, it really comes down to your preference and which
features you want. Just type “online journal” into Google or
“journal” into the app store, and you’ll get a variety of choices.
As I mentioned, I also had a dated, lined Miracle Morning
Journal iPhone/iPad/Android app customized and created.
3.