Pen and paper has been and will be one of the most important tools of a successful person. All famous people, including Einstein, Napoleon and Leonardo da Vinci, constantly worked with their diaries. It is said that this practice was introduced by Pythagoras. One of the conditions for studying at his philosophical school was keeping a daily diary, where students described everything that happened to them during the day. The first diaries were called that - the Diary of Pythagoras.

Keeping a diary - this is not a whim and not an empty pastime. This is truly a powerful tool. Moreover, it is multifaceted. The diary can even be called a key success factor. First, because it gives a lot. And secondly, as Jim Rohn said, success is a few simple actions that a person repeats every day. Just keeping a diary is that simple action that determines your success.

An important question is where and how best to keep your records. Some keep notebooks or diaries. Others prefer electronic maintenance with a text editor or even with the help of special programs. For lovers of computer technology, I especially emphasize that the Diary should be kept in the old fashioned way, manually. For at the same time, the deep processes of our brain are involved and its capabilities expand. This way you can get the most out of your work.

What gives
keeping a diary

Constant work with a notebook can give you such opportunities and so many useful moments that you may not have even thought about before.

The diary is a catalyst for creativity.

As scientists have proven, the process of writing right hand stimulates the brain, especially the part of it that is responsible for creativity. When a person “thinks” on a piece of paper in writing, ideas come to his head more often, he is able to find solutions to complex problems. Because when writing, the channel of communication with the subconscious begins to “clear” and access to the Universal opens up.

The diary organizes thoughts.

Work with refers to one of the leading techniques of self-knowledge and personality development. If you think about these questions while working with the Diary, then it helps to sort out your thoughts, in yourself and understand your true values. As you write, your thoughts become focused and gradually become clearer, more precise, and more meaningful.

The real power of recordings is that they provide a bird's-eye view of life. There is an opportunity to see the essence of what is happening and even what was previously hidden from you.

The diary is good for solving emerging problems, when looking for new ideas, and also when you need to clarify a situation or evaluate your progress.

The diary trains memory.

When you try to remember the events of the past day as accurately as possible in order to analyze them, you are training your memory. It has been noticed that with regular diary keeping, a person’s memory improves tenfold! In addition, you can always turn to the records of the past days, if you need to remember something so important.

The diary helps
know yourself.

You can keep your records in different ways. You can remember and describe what happened. And you can seriously work on personal development. Self-knowledge is a process in which a person gets to know himself more deeply, he finds his limitations, reveals his possibilities. Regular work on yourself allows you to better understand yourself and find out your strengths and weaknesses.

It is good to work out new qualities in writing. In writing, you can work with negative attitudes, you can develop new habits. If you always write down your thoughts, and then analyze the events that have occurred, you can find a cause-and-effect relationship between them. And already on the basis of this, adjust your behavior or attitude towards something.

Diary boosts
efficiency.

By working with your thoughts, you can greatly increase your efficiency. By thinking in a calm environment, you see what is important and priority for you, and you can plan your day correctly. It is also good to analyze your activities in writing. To do this, in the evenings, you need to sum up the results of your day and answer four questions for yourself:

• What worked for me and what didn't?
• Why didn't I do something?
• What could be improved in my work?
• What will I do in the future in a similar situation?

The effect of such work is felt almost immediately. And from the point of view of efficiency, the diary has another useful feature - it helps to concentrate on what you are doing and what you are doing.

What to write
in my diary

If you are aiming not to stagnate, but to move forward, and even rapidly, then in your Diary it is useful for you to display three things:

• Problems
• mistakes
• new solutions.

When you write Problems, you can find a completely unexpected way out of this situation. You can see the reason and it will help you avoid similar problems in the future. And you can also get rid of the habit of worrying about every little thing and develop an optimistic view of the world.

Mistakes- This is a completely separate conversation. Only through mistakes can you move forward. And the more of your mistakes you notice and work through, the more rapid your movement will be. Therefore, do not be afraid of mistakes, do not be shy about them and, moreover, do not hide them. On the contrary, try to find and disassemble them. It would be ideal if every day you analyze at least one of your mistakes (and draw conclusions, of course). The four efficiency questions from the previous section will help you with this.

New Solutions - these are the moments that you first decided on that day, where you “took a chance” and what you did that you were afraid to do before. Any first step is always scary. But by taming yourself to do it, you thereby prepare yourself for new achievements.

That's how much good and useful a simple habit of keeping a diary can give you! And also, working on it, you become more: look at what is happening differently and behave differently.

Erofeevskaya Natalya

Do you keep your personal diary(in youth slang "ld") - this is truly a personal matter for everyone, but teenage girls, girls and women for the most part prefer to open the cherished silent sheet of paper, and not to close friends. At the same time, creative and romantic-minded people do not have questions about how to keep a diary: they write what they want, draw according to their mood, write in and paste quotes, clippings from fashion magazines, pie recipes and other interesting things.

But if your own vision of your own diary is not enough, and you don’t even know where to start, this article is for you: ideas, recommendations, highlights, creative solutions will push you to individual style and creation. So, how to create, beautifully design a flyleaf and pages, and what can be written in a personal diary?

How to start keeping a personal diary?

With desire. If a girl or girl has a desire to keep her own diary just because all the girls in the class or university group have it, then this will immediately become a failed idea: the process of communicating with a paper friend will end exactly on the second page, when the passion for fashion has suddenly flared up subside. In the world modern technologies, gadgets and social networks, the question will not be superfluous - what is it for, what does a personal diary look like and what should be in it: if the answers to these seemingly simple questions are not found, the idea of ​​\u200b\u200bthe diary should be postponed for a while.

When deciding to keep a personal diary, think about the purpose - what will it become for you and what is its meaning?

The most obvious purpose of introducing a diary into personal life is communication: a thin or thick notebook or notebook will become the most understanding and trusting interlocutor that is lacking in social and public life. Another group of women will define journaling as an opportunity to capture the emotions of a visit. interesting places, memories of significant events and impressions of meetings with interesting people. And still others will keep a diary for introspection of their own actions, revision of the actions performed, reassessment of themselves and their mistakes, and reflection on successes. Everyone has their own goal- it is important to realize it, and then the personal diary will become a true masterpiece, and not a routine writing.

What will become a diary?

We will not consider in detail the version of the electronic diary: such are also a statement of one's own thoughts and a description of events, but not intended for internal use and for worldwide public readings. But just like with all modern gadgets, a significant mass of readers prefer books in the classic version than in audio or electronic, the same is the case with personal diaries.

The diary is a mirror of the human soul

Starting an electronic personal diary of a teenager on a computer or on a website can put some interesting or, conversely, a dramatic event, a meeting with old friends or a trip. Electronic diary on a personal computer has its advantages (a strong password, beautiful graphics for design, the ability to make an unlimited number of copies), but a special atmosphere, romance in the process of communicating with oneself and something nostalgic vintage give diaries exactly in paper execution, but here's what they should be, what kind of notebook for diary entries about life to start? And this is also a personal matter for everyone:

one will be comfortable writing on separate sheets of paper, which are always at hand, combining them as you write into a ring binder or organizers of paper materials of other options;
others will find comfortable ordinary school notebooks for 18 sheets or notepads, which can be put in a handbag - they do not take up much space and weigh almost nothing;
still others will approach the matter monumentally, starting thick barn book or diary under voluminous texts: descendants will undoubtedly appreciate the painstaking great-grandmother's work, which tells about the super-duper Seventh iPhone and the release of the next episode of Star Wars.

Keeping, writing and pictures for a personal diary - the style, design, size of inscriptions and drawings also play a role. When deciding what a personal diary will look like, one should not be guided solely by an attractive external cover: first of all, its owner should think about the comfort of entering your entries into it. And what is needed for the design of the first page of ld - this will already be decided in the process of working with it.

How long does it take to keep a diary?

How to start keeping and equipping a beautiful personal diary - the rules, as such, do not exist. As well as some official or generally accepted timing for filling it out. If you do not turn a pleasant activity into a daily many hours of recording each step, then It doesn't take much time to keep a diary.. You should not treat the diary as work: entries in it can be made hastily or in detail, but in any case, if there is desire and inspiration.

It is not by chance that the diary can be used as a planner of future affairs: it will show how much time is wasted with the hostess. Nothing to write about the last day, a couple of days, a week? - it makes sense to think: maybe time is just wasted? Such information will give impetus to a general mobilization and decisive action within the limits of one person.

Each girl or woman determines the mode of working with her diary that suits her: daily, weekly or situational

“When I want, then I write”- the correct answer to the question of how often to write in the diary. Obyazalovka will destroy a trusting relationship with such a friend, and talking about each line will not give either positive emotions or a pleasant result.

Another point that diary owners don't think about: re-read notes from time to time and desirable and necessary- this will refresh the memory of events and allow you to track how your thinking and assessment of situations and people's actions are changing. Over time, not only we ourselves change, but also our perception of the same dynamic, not worth a second of the world around us: such an analysis is useful and determines the degree of maturation of the individual.

How to keep a personal diary

Correct in this case - a synonym for "as convenient." You need to relax, stay alone with yourself, your thoughts, a pen or pencil (according to preferences) and a diary. You can not comb your hair and not, you are now nature itself. Those who have problems with the Russian language should not think about the rules of spelling and punctuation - write freely, even with errors.

For each entry, set the day, month, year - everything is forgotten over time, but the chronology will return to the exact event moment

Caution does not hurt when expressing: on the one hand, why then is a diary needed if you don’t pour out everything painful on its pages ?; on the other hand, one should not exclude the possibility of reading it by another person. And in most cases, it will be the bomb. Atomic.

How to sign and properly format a personal diary: tips and ideas

For adults, busy and working people, maybe the design of the diary is not so important - most likely, they would stop at an expensive diary with a dense stylish cover and elegant pages. But how to start and fill in the pages inside the LD of desires for a girl or teenager? For sure young ladies want something enchanting, sparkling and joyful– styles, ideas and photos of filling out a personal diary or diary can be viewed on Internet blogs, social network Pinterest images and similar resources. Or just come up with something of your own.

In general diary design depends on:

own desires and ideological vision of a new "friend";
creative skills (calligraphic handwriting, ability to draw);
available free time, which, without prejudice to study, work or family, can be spent on making entries.

Thematic pages and stories- a super idea, everything will be used here: from scrapbooking to stickers and Chinese calligraphy. For a trip to the sea, the page can be painted with soft blue watercolors, pearl beads and decorative colored sand can be added, the “forest page” can be perfumed with woody scented toilet water and decorated with pine or spruce needles - room for imagination.

Many already at the beginning of the journey think how to make the last page creative diary: perhaps someone will look at the idea of ​​​​a stylized door to the future, their own poem, or just a beautifully executed inscription “To be continued ...”

There are no special rules in the design either - it is only important that the owner liked the diary. For those who have free time young girls will need magazine clippings and scrapbooking elements, appliqué materials, a set of colored gel pens and felt-tip pens, highlighters, glue stick, self-adhesive rhinestones, decorative ribbons and paper, etc. Cute cats, cute bears, flower butterflies and angels are recognized as favorite girly pictures.

How to make it interesting and what to write about in a personal diary for a girl, girl or woman

describe emotions and attitudes- it is not the bare and boring facts that are important, the feelings caused by the situation are important;
you can throw out the accumulated verbally or graphically- as you like;
about commemorative exhibitions, cinema visits and theatrical productions, interesting trips, romantic dates will remind tickets and booklets, letters and notes of a loved one- if you want to store them at the end of the diary on the cover, it is recommended to glue the envelope and fold them there or paste them directly on the current page;
write down and draw gift ideas for family and friends;
do sketches of favorite models in boutique windows with the expectation to sew in the near future the same, but with mother-of-pearl buttons;
to increase self-esteem, it is recommended to paste in a diary own good photos, celebrate achievements and do not be shy to praise yourself for success;
rich in dreams, people are advised to write them down until they are forgotten, - dreams open the veil of the inner consciousness and experiences of a person;
women's diaries become a treasure trove quotes, aphorisms and funny jokes : the hostess of the diary, who does not rely on her own maiden memory, periodically reads them useful and brings pleasure;
useful phrases in English;
spending money, planning spending on purchases;
admired for their simplicity or sophistication cooking recipes;
words of favorite songs, poems, poems.

With desire and knowledge foreign languages you can keep a diary on one of them: agree, personal diary in English is not only intellectual and stylish, but also a great practice for expressing your own thoughts and expanding vocabulary.

The diary of married ladies most often represents an ascetic version: short, to the point entries without additional embellishments

Thick cardboard cover will make the diary safer, and the creativity of the owner of the diary will highlight an ordinary notebook or notebook from a bunch of similar ones, creating a small personal mood corner. With the help of master classes of the online community of needlewomen and available materials, it is easy to create own textile cover with elegant lace trim and sewing and / or rhinestones and buttons (felt look original and cozy, but not so practical to use - they get dirty and worn out). Covers are easy to change depending on the mood or season.

To comply complete secrecy can buy notebook or notepad with lock or find a secluded place in the room for a handwritten treasure away from prying eyes and prying hands. How much does your own diary cost? It is truly priceless, but not at all because of the beautiful expensive cover - the time and heart invested in its pages will eventually make this small notebook or book a family heirloom that future generations will treasure with tenderness.

Conclusion

And why is all this necessary? This question returns to the first point of the article - the goal. The goal of keeping a diary will become the motivation for filling it out: feelings and thoughts, perception of people and events, analysis of one's own strengths and weaknesses, fears, achievements and actions.

A personal diary is a letter to yourself in the future and news for yourself from the past.

The diary will become not only a way of self-expression: scattered and fussy people, he will help streamline both thoughts and actions, teach planning, consistency and structuring the presentation of his judgments. Recording is required by some for the development of detailed memory and a safety net against senile sclerosis.

A personal diary is not just a biography and a psychotherapeutic attempt to understand oneself, find harmony and: in some cases it is necessary for detailed assessment own life. Keeping a diary involves a person trying to become better, wiser and make fewer mistakes in the future.

February 2, 2014

People from the most ancient times keep various "diaries". Some of them are of real historical value, since they are almost the only sources of the chronicle of eyewitnesses of certain events.

We, of course, do not pretend to be "chroniclers" and historians. However, for your own development, emotional calm and self-improvement, keeping a diary is extremely useful.

How to keep a diary, in what form (handwritten or electronic) is solely your personal choice.

I will only tell you in this article at least about 9 types of diaries. And you can already take note of one of the ways. Or make your own combination of several proposed options. Or even come up with your own style and direction. That is why the title of the article is "9+ .." because you can add anything in the future

Option 1. "Morning Pages". Learn more about this method. I just want to point out that this method stands out in nuances:

• It helps to drain all accumulated and interfering emotions. This frees up space for new ideas and inspiration.
• This type of diary must be kept in the morning, immediately after waking up.
• This is very suitable way disclosure of creative potential and a breakthrough in a stupor for creative people.

Option 2. "Diary of success." This way of keeping a diary is very well described in the books of Bodo Schaefer. Its essence lies in the fact that completing each day, you write down at least 5 of your successes. It can be more than 5, but not less.

Moreover, these successes can be, at first glance, very insignificant. For example, even an important insight or awareness of something can also be considered a success. Or a couple of kind words spoken to a stranger, or vice versa to the closest person.

The success diary will fit perfectly into your traditional diary. Daily celebration of even small merits will have a great effect on your self-esteem in the direction of its increase and adequacy.

Option 3. "Diary of gratitude." The one that is most often overlooked. How easy it is for us to focus on a mistake, problems, shortcomings, insufficiency of what has been done. And sometimes it's hard to see what you can be grateful for. Every day. But even in the darkest periods of life, you can find many reasons to thank the Almighty for the fact that we are alive, breathing, moving. Or our relatives, for the fact that they are next to us.

Find at least 5 things you can be thankful for today. And write them down in your diary.

Option 4. "Diary of books read." This idea is covered in great detail in the training. "Implementation Wizard" . Here I will summarize its main provisions:

• Before reading a book, write down in your diary what you expect from reading it.
• Write down 3-4 goals for which you want to read this book.
• After reading, write down at least 10 implementation points from this book.

With the help of the Diary of books read, you can turn any information into practice. Thus, you will not only replenish your "baggage of knowledge", but also get results from the introduction of valuable information.

I liked this method. And some books, especially on marketing or creativity, I read just like that.

Option 5. "Diary of observations." You can observe in it whatever your heart desires: the dynamics of the development of your relationship, the development of your child, the development of your project (which, by the way, is also like a child for most), etc., etc. Here the scope of your imagination can fly anywhere.

The advantage of this type of diary is that, thanks to observations you will be able to track the result in a particular area of ​​your life. And get an extra boost of motivation to keep moving towards your goals.

Option 6. "Diary of psychological exercises." I periodically read different books on psychology. You, perhaps, too. Or are you taking courses? personal development, where a psychological workshop is also supposed. For example, you can play the "I AM WORTHIN" game, work through resentments, write out wish lists, and so on. Then you should do it regularly: either take a place in the main diary, or start a separate notebook.

Option 7. "Diary of positive statements." Someone may attribute this to the variant with psychology (see above). However, I single out this area separately. Because psychology is both self-digging, and revealing some of your deepest limiting beliefs, and working with various blocks. Positive affirmations are something worth doing, in my opinion, always. Regardless of your current state. Good for you, or terrible. And on the contrary, the worse your psychological condition, the more it is worth writing down in your diary "anti-statements" on your current negativity.

However, I am a realist. And I do not at all urge you to "hammer" your negative emotions positive statements. On the contrary, with the help of the Morning Pages and Psychological Exercises diaries, you can accept and live these emotions. And then complete them in the best way: emptying the emotional vessel, fill it again. Only now with positive statements that are closest to you.

Option 8. "Diary of goals and desired emotions". who read my book "Fly of butterfly" can guess what I mean. It's about writing down your goals every day. And not just goals, as they say "in the bottom line", but the desired emotions that you want to experience at the same time. In the evening, you can, for example, write down your “emotional plans”.

For example: I want to be inspired for the day, so I plan to get up at 5 am, write my morning pages, and play the I AM GOOD game.

The next day you analyze how and what happened. Or it didn't work out. And your feelings about it all.

This version of the diary is very well suited for creative people. And especially women. Because it helps to reconnect with yourself, with your emotions and feelings, and not just with your head.

Option 9. "Diary of ideas." Personally, many types of diaries are suitable for this purpose for me: and morning pages, as a fountain of ideas often “breaks through” on them. And the usual diary of goals and emotions. But I also have such a small book-notebook, which is convenient to always carry with you.

As they say, "ideas are in the air", and most often they visit when you do not expect them at all. Therefore, you need to have time to catch such a “bird-idea” by the tail so that it does not fly away far and for good.

This is how ideas for articles, posts, projects, etc. come out of the blue. It is worth writing them down in your mini-diary, so that later in a more relaxed atmosphere you can analyze and make a plan.

What kind of diary do you use? And how does it help you in your daily life, at work and in personal relationships?

Why keep a personal diary

So what is a personal diary? This is a place where not only the most intimate is recorded, or, to be more precise, this may not be there at all. A personal diary contains information that is important for its owner, and what exactly it will be is up to him to decide. However, if we talk about adults, then keeping a diary can be a very useful activity, and here's why:

Concluding the selection of reasons why you should keep your personal diary, I would like to say one more interesting thing. By keeping records of this kind, you have the opportunity to create the story of your life. People like to read biographies of other people, to see how they went to their success, what they encountered along the way, and why not create one for themselves. In the process of life, a lot is forgotten, but a personal diary will not allow this. Moreover, if you wish, you can pass it on to your descendants, so that they, without knowing it personally, can build the right impression about you - it's so interesting! Yes, and by yourself, after decades, look into your past, smile and remember what you were once upon a time ...

How to make a personal diary

Previously, personal diaries were kept exclusively in handwritten form, since there was no other possibility. Now, when computers have come into circulation, you can pour out your thoughts in print, in any text format. Moreover, especially brave individuals dare to keep records in the global world network, organizing websites and blogs. How exactly you arrange your diary is up to you, but before that, think it over carefully.

Working with a computer, and even more so with the Internet, is risky in the sense that it is very unreliable. Firstly, it is no longer personal, since a computer can be hacked, and on the Internet, content is available to other users. Secondly, the computer may break and all records will be lost. There is, of course, an option to store a text document on a flash card, but still that romance is missing here. Positive sides- wide availability. That is, if something unexpectedly occurred to you, you can always start keeping records, because modern man always at hand either a laptop or a smartphone.

Still, keeping a diary in a handwritten format is the most reliable in terms of safety. Here everything remains on your conscience. Of course, you can lose it, but it will depend only on you, and it’s easier to control yourself than a “soulless piece of iron”. You also need to store such records well enough, because you can’t put a password on it, which means that everyone who comes across it can read it. Think over such details and start writing.

How to decorate a personal diary

Keeping a personal diary is not just a “dry” process of presenting your own thoughts - it is real creativity. A decent "writer" will always have it decorated and supplemented with interesting details. All this, of course, is a matter of personal taste, there is no mandatory design rule, you can generally keep it as a simple diary, the main thing is that it suits you. And you can supplement the notes with various images, clippings and details that are related to what was written.

For creative people a scrapbooking-style personal diary design option is suitable. It will be not only beautiful, but also romantic and original. For decoration, you can purchase various stickers and stickers, they will enliven the image of the diary and give it charm. If you care about how your diary will look, then we offer interesting design options for inspiration.

What to write in a personal diary

A personal diary is personal for that, that everyone decides for himself why to keep it. In it, you can record interesting things that happened to you during the day, you can share experiences, make plans for the future. If we go further, then, as we have already said, one can write in it not only about the innermost and secret. A good idea is to make a themed personal diary.

For example, you have some kind of goal, maybe global, or maybe not, so dedicate a diary to it. Want to lose weight? Write about your daily routine - tell us how great you are, that you didn’t eat a cake, although you wanted to, write about the first kilogram you lost, about victories over your laziness and the day spent in the gym. Do you want to grow up the career ladder? Start keeping a personal diary called "My Personal Growth". Write down step by step the steps you need to take and move towards them daily, writing down your, even the smallest, victories. Do you like to travel? Then keep a diary on the appropriate topic.

Whatever topic you choose, it should bring you pleasure. And this is a prerequisite, and everything else is unimportant. A personal diary is your space, your small but intimate world, in which there is only you and no one else. Use it to your advantage and be happy!

Personal diaries. To write or not to write? To store or not to store? Have you ever asked these questions?

I have been keeping a diary since I was 10 years old and still do. How did this idea come to me? It's hard to say... I don't remember. But it completely fit into my life at that time.

Love for beautiful notebooks, notebooks, pens..., the desire to achieve something, to make yourself and your life better - all this was already in 1996. There are now.

I remember how my friend and I wrote thick notebooks, where everything was about healthy lifestyle. How I enjoyed creating my own questionnaires and filling out others. How she wrote poetry. How to write down the lyrics of your favorite songs.

It also contains a description of the first relationship with a young man. Relationships similar to adults. Experiences, joys, difficulties, happy moments together - all this remained there ... in that diary, which now does not exist and never will. And he is right in front of my eyes.

student diaries

3. It also has a lot of pleasant memories, meeting new people. Including with Lyosha, about whom I already wrote on Alimero ("Love at first sight").

And even though I myself decided to part with him and quite quickly, but I really like this story of acquaintance, it's nice to remember it. Yes, and to Lyosha in general, I have the best human feelings despite the fact that I refused further communication.

I also wanted to burn another diary, for 2007 - the year that was the happiest and most painful for me at the same time. I decided to pre-read it and then ... they turned off the light for the whole night. I thought it was a sign. Now, a month later, I am extremely glad that I left it!

Keep or not? Psychological aspects

If you use diaries only as a way of psychological relief, then keeping them is not necessary at all. And if those memories are dear to the heart, if these records mean a lot - you need to leave them! Now, after burning most of my records, I am 100% sure of this!

I write a diary exclusively for myself. Therefore, there is no window dressing, everything is extremely sincere. And when I write, I don't expect anyone else to read them.

However, the thought that I will have children and they will want to read my notes has come up more than once. Would I be happy about it? I don’t know… Probably, at first I would have looked at them myself, and then I would have decided whether to give them or not. Although, who should read them then (if you read them at all), except for the closest people who are an extension of you?

There is one more aspect. By reading your thoughts from the past, you can understand a lot. To understand the circumstances of life, the actions of the people around... In the end, to understand yourself! After all, sometimes it can be very difficult! To understand who you were and how you have changed ...

I will end again with lines from my poem:

There is no person to
So listen to me.
Oh my diary, you helped me
Don't lose yourself!

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