How A Simple Notepad Can Change Your Life
By: Artur Kh.
Tags: Self Development, Simple Living, Lifehacks, Self Improvement, Life

A person likes to improve himself. He is looking for ways and methods, sometimes complex, often simple. He is willing to spend a lot of money. Trying to catch a crane in the sky, not realizing that the tit is his happiness, is in his hands. And you don’t need a lot of money for this tit. And all you need is nothing — buy a notebook. And a little time and effort to write down your thoughts in it.

Some will consider it complete nonsense. Others will think they don’t need to write anything because they don’t complain about their memory. No. It won’t work. Our brain sees and perceives differently on paper. What is recorded helps to better organize and clarify your thoughts.

So what do you need to write in your notebook?

1. Write down what you are looking forward to.

People who know how to dream are happier. Make your plans and “castles in the air”, but be sure to write them down. People who are just thinking about an upcoming purchase or vacation, endorphin levels rise by 27 percent. After all, the most enjoyable part of the activity is waiting. And when you need a charge of happiness, just look in the notebook.

2. Record your progress.

Whenever you decide to do something, write down your forecast. What you expect to see. After six months or a year, compare the practical result with your expectation. You will see what has changed for the better and what for the worse. What should you pay more attention to, what habits interfere with in order to get the desired result.

By writing down your goals and obstacles in their path, you increase the hope of success. Such recordings will make you healthier and happier.

Everyone has goals, but few people write them down. Why? Because people take it too seriously and therefore are afraid to jinx it. No need to worry. Goals may change, but at the same time, if in doubt, they will be a guide in decision-making.

When identifying opportunities, do not waste time improving those skills in which you are incompetent. Instead, focus on your strengths. Making notes about your preferences and experiences will help turn a notebook into a personal reference. Based on it, you will be able to make more informed decisions in the future.

3. Write down your ideas.

Why did all the great people keep notebooks in which they wrote down their thoughts, doubts, decisions? They didn’t rely on their memory. They trusted paper more. Their creativity began with brief notes, which, accumulating, spilled out into powerful projects.

Have a thought? Good or bad — it doesn’t matter. Write it down. Even if it will never come in handy.

4. Record your worries and doubts.

What is written on paper, unlike internal thinking, helps not only to calm down, but even to increase productivity. Write down not only your problems, but also a plan for how to deal with them. It is quite possible that a completely different solution will be found as a result. But it (the solution) it will already be based on what was recorded.

5. Write down the good things that happen to you.

In the evening, take ten minutes to your notebook. Write down just three things that went well today and why they went so well. They don’t have to be epochal. But they must be important to you.

Next to each positive event, ask why it happened and give an answer. It will take a few minutes. Just make sure to do it in writing.

By rethinking your life events in the past, you can change your behavior in the future.