Writing daily

“Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.”
― Douglas Pagels

“The most extraordinary thing about writing is that when you've struck the right vein, tiredness goes. It must be an effort, thinking wrong.”
― Virginia Woolf

Our life is a book and days are pages of our life. As we are involved in different activities it’s not easy to remember and manage all of them. There are many event in our lifetime, neither we can remember all or document many of them but habit of writing down on daily basis can help you in many ways. It’s not possible to write down and record like a drama script but there are few memories which will amuse you later on and there are few achievement which will motivate you and few mistakes which will guide you in the future.

Writing down daily diary or daily notes will help for both work and personal life no matter which stage you are. If I look back to my past then there are many moments which indicated me to write the daily experiences like, Moving to the new job, when got married, had my first and second child and what they did in various stages. If I would have written all these experiences in diary then it would have been amazing to recall the moments and also learning from past professional life. The great thing about writing diary is that its written in present tense while recalling event is past. Even we recall some events but situation was totally different that time so something written that time will give the feel of being in that moment.

Here are few findings which motivated me to write on the daily basis.

Document the list of daily actions and achievements: 

Daily basis we face with new problems and do some activities. Writing of small, big events and activities will be helpful to chase it later or help to complete the incomplete tasks. You may have heard some success story of the person which are inspirational, some special about work, questions asked in the job interviews, some of the relative visited after long time, repair work done at home which were not documented or even water purifier was serviced or repaired and you have the receipts but it can be noted down in the diary for quicker reference for the next service.

Handling Emotional imbalance:  When we are stressed then it’s not recommended to read books or watch TV, also complaining and worrying may make the situation worst. Sharing positively with you family and friends is the best way to face such situation and also writing will be the one of the great way to combat the stress or any emotional imbalance you are going through and list down few action points to resolve the issue or mistakes to be avoided in the future.

Common Place for all your info: Normally we can maintain the list of things to do at work and the things to fix at home or pending personal works but as these notes are at different places then there are chances that once will be ignored then maintaining a single diary for everything will minimize the chances to miss one of them. When all these information are single points then it’s easy to manage all the pending tasks.

Inspire or learn from the past:  There are many situations of the past which seems not favorable but those conditions left us stronger and prepared us better for the future but most of us do not posses super memory to remember few or all of them. Sometime Referring back to the notes will be a reminder as we had faced our last tough situation then how we can face next situation in better way.

Better understanding of oneself: As we express ourselves in the daily diary on daily basis. Then accumulated thoughts will help you to understand yourself better or to know your habits which can be modified to save your time. Knowing yourself better is helpful to plan your next step in business or career.

Synchronize better with time:  Once you are regular in writing activity, Reviewing the last 30 days, 45 days or 60 days activities and what productive could be done from all the underutilized hours could lead to many miles of success. Like starting of some home based or online business, learning or practicing something which you were always passionate about, learn some additional language.

Improve and Sharpens the language and grammatical skills:  Once daily writing is in your routine then to write about various events, stories and experience one will use better words by referring to the dictionary and also to look for the better and grammatically accurate sentences. It will benefit you anyway.

Leaving legacy: I consider very human as walking legend, from childhood to adulthood and adulthood to next stages the experiences keep piling up and it’s not possible to tell all of them to your next generation. There are many events I heard from my grandfather and a many more from my father. When they left then I realized all history and experience they recorded is gone with them. Once we are writing we can pile up many memories and share with the children. They are can read that later on and know better about ourselves.

Possibility to Make the earning:  Once your are on track of writing you daily notes which will have variety of routines, events,  about peoples/ cultures , places, storytelling or review of products . The interesting topics can be shaped into the articles and posted to paid article sites or can work as freelance writers. It may help you to make some extra bucks.