Here We Go, Again!

After another reader question that turned into its own solution I felt it might be good to address the issue of returning to the same topic in your journal, again & again. That issue is the one thing you always go on and on about. This might not be all that obvious until you begin rereading your journal. Most of the time you already know that you spend a lot of time spilling loads of ink over that particular issue.

So, what is the solution? Hanna shared her answer in the comments here. And I would agree. No amount of writing will bring about the changes you need to make to solve the problem/s. But your journal is a great place to identify the problem, list those changes and the steps necessary to achieve them.

When you come to the place when you are aware you are revisiting a topic and going nowhere, that is the time to take action. Write one sentence in your journal naming this problem. Spend some time writing what you see are some possible solutions. If you want to stop smoking, lose/gain weight, leave your job, make a list of ten ways you could achieve these things. Give it some thought, and then select at least two of the solutions.

Give each one its own page and break down the steps necessary to get to that final solution. Do this for each answer you’ve decided to focus on. The reason I suggest two is so you will have a choice at the end of the exercise. Read through these steps and decide which one is the most likely. Which steps are you able to achieve? Now spend some time writing a statement of intent.

This may take more than one journal session. But that’s ok. You’ve been writing about this problem for so long it should be fairly easy to address. And don’t forget that one of your solution options is to change your attitude. That was the answer I came to for my ‘here we go again‘ problem. Or you can continue not doing anything about the problem and keep visiting it again & again in your journal.

Heather
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