Integrating Journaling into Your Morning Routine

In the quest to improve our well-being and balance, it is sometimes necessary to take a break, step back and reconnect with ourselves. Journaling is a creative hobby that offers a multitude of benefits for the body, mind and soul.

What is journaling? 

Journaling is a practice that consists of taking a moment each day, or each week, depending on each person's needs, to write down all your thoughts, ideas, goals, fears, doubts... It is an appointment established with yourself during which you write down all your thoughts while being fully aware.

The goal of journaling is to write down situations, then understand them and draw conclusions and areas for improvement in order to become a better version of yourself.

Journaling is much more than just a writing practice. It is a powerful tool for personal development and well-being that can be practiced in different ways: the bullet journal, the gratitude journal, the morning pages, affirmations & manifestations, the 5 minutes journal… Each practice has a different goal and objective.

The benefits of journaling  

This writing exercise offers many benefits for the body, soul and mind:

• Stress and Anxiety Management: Journaling helps release pent-up emotions, reducing stress and anxiety.
• Mental Clarity: Writing in a journal helps clarify thoughts and problem-solve by giving a different perspective on situations.
• Improved Mental Health: Journaling can help improve mental health by promoting emotional expression and helping to process past trauma.
• Enhances Creativity: Journaling encourages the exploration of new ideas and creativity by providing a space for free expression.
• Tracking Personal Progress: Keeping a journal allows you to track your goals, achievements, and challenges, which can boost motivation and self-confidence.
• Developing introspection: Writing regularly in a journal promotes introspection and self-knowledge by allowing you to better understand your thoughts, feelings and motivations.
• Strengthening Writing Skills: Journaling is a great way to practice writing and improve your language skills.
• Boost Gratitude: Keeping a gratitude journal can help cultivate a sense of gratitude by focusing on the positive aspects of life.

How to integrate this exercise into your routine?

Now we're going to talk about how to incorporate it into your routine.

First of all, it is possible to use different media to start journaling: a paper notebook or an online journal. The important thing is to choose the format of the media that suits you best, on which you will be comfortable writing and which will make you want to express yourself. It is also possible if you are creative and if you choose the paper format, to decorate your journal with stickers, stamps… To write with felt-tip pens of several colors, to make small drawings related to your writings… You are free to do what you like: it is a real moment of pleasure and escape that you must take.

The same goes for the rhythm of writing. In the introduction to this article, we talked about an exercise to do every day. But it's up to each person to decide. The goal is not to feel forced to write, because otherwise this exercise will be associated with a boring and forced task, but it is important to make it a motivation at every moment when you want to do it, as if it were one of the most anticipated appointments with yourself of your day or week. So, start this exercise when you have the time, the feeling of need as well. You can start journaling by writing once every two days.

Also, there is no minimum time to devote to it, some will devote 5 minutes each morning, others 30 minutes each evening… it all depends on what you want to write, how you will keep your journal, your inspiration and creativity…

Now here is an example of how the Huages ​​team practices journaling through the exercise “The 5 minutes journal”:

This exercise is the one that is most recommended since it requires little time and it is therefore easier to integrate it into your routine and stick to it every day. You just need to take 5 minutes each morning to sit down in a quiet place and take stock of yourself. For a few minutes, you can write down everything that comes to mind: your goals for the day, your successes, your doubts, etc.

Now that you have your ideas written down, start your day as you usually do!

Here are some examples of journaling pages that can be made:

Integrating CBD into your journaling routine: a beneficial synergy

This exercise can be completed by the integration of CBD, allowing to enrich this already beneficial practice, by creating a real synergy and a real routine around well-being.

You can apply a few drops of our RÉVEIL oil to the points of the temples of the face, thus allowing to relax the body and the mind and promoting better concentration and greater emotional openness.

Complement this by taking a few drops of our AWAKENING CBD oil before beginning your journaling session to help calm the mind and promote a state of deep relaxation, for deeper and more meaningful introspection.

RÉVEIL is a CBD hazelnut oil with many benefits. Perfect for quickly relaxing at any time of the day and waking up gently, it also takes care of your skin.

in oral intake:

• Placed under the tongue, CBD oil penetrates directly into the mucous membrane. Sublingual intake thus allows for rapid action and soothes you with its sweet and delicious taste with a hazelnut scent.
• Through its dietary benefits, hazelnut oil helps to lower blood pressure.

in cutaneous application:

• For fragile, dehydrated and reddened skin, hazelnut oil contains phospholipids of vitamin A and E as well as calcium, which will help to protect and hydrate the skin.
• To reduce inflammation, repair or heal, it promotes the regeneration of the skin's hydrolipidic film.