Personal Sentiments
FREE YOUR MIND…
& PEACE YOU SHALL FIND
Write Before You Speak
Your thoughts are everything, right? Well, until they are NOT? The brain is wired to always think and think. It's exhausting. How do we break away from these thoughts? What actions should you set in place to help you feel better regarding any situation?
I feel crazy asking in the year 2020, the era where technology advanced so far that a space shuttle was sent to the moon, nevertheless, how many of you still write? I'm referring to LITERALLY practicing with a writing utensil and a piece of paper, a notebook or a journal? I get it; it was more prevalent and less troublesome to do this ere the technology craze. However, the theory of writing your sentiments down demonstrates statistical benefits to our health and overall happiness.
As you focus your emotions being transferred to paper, you become less distractive to emotionally harmful waves going on a tangent. Simultaneously you are coerced to express your feelings. Exercising vision and touch while expressing your feelings advocates inner peace. The benefits of writing deals with “expressive writing,” or putting what you think and feel to paper
Writing is a form of stress mitigation. It helps eliminate “it sounded stable in my head” syndrome. It coerces ideas to be laid out bare for the thinker to see, where it is much less likely that they will be jumbled up like they are in your head. Whether you are writing a love note, a thank you note, an angry letter, or a paragraph in your journal, you free your emotions onto the paper. You are discharging that energy, both good or bad, out of your system. If you are eliminating the frustration, you will feel strong almost immediately. If you are writing about joyous moments, you will notice that you undergo immediate gratification.
In one interesting study that followed recently fired engineers, the researchers found that those engineers who consistently engaged with expressive writing were able to find another job faster.
The engineers who wrote down their thoughts and feelings about losing their jobs reported feeling less anger and hostility toward their former employer. They also reported drinking less. Eight months later, less than 19% of the engineers in the control groups were reemployed full-time, compared with more than 52% of the engineers in the expressive writing group.
http://amj.aom.org/content/37/3/722.short
Sometimes we can be super irritated and literally desire to maltreat someone by stating cruel predilections that you would nevermore assert otherwise. Once you let it out on paper, you realize that you genuinely do not yearn to express it any longer, and maybe you were overreacting.
Mark twain was infamous for his notorious hostile letters. He wrote the most relentless letters and never actually delivered them (except for one where he believed he didn't hold an option). He secured them in a drawer in his desk and on his shelf. After his death, these letters were discovered. This goes to show you that one of the most intelligent men known to exist understood it was healthy to express your sentiments rather than bottling them in. Nonetheless, that does not mean you necessitate communicating it to the individual that induced your pain. Remember that we are in control of our feelings. We are to be responsible and held accountable for our actions. Mark Twain recognized all this. This is what kept him wise, successful in life, and his relations with others.
Following link validates Mark Twain letter findings:
https://learnfunfacts.com/2019/01/27/mark-twains-complaint-letters/amp/
Writing closes out your “mental tabs.” Ever had too many Internet tabs open at once? It is a bedlam of perplexity. Sometimes I feel like my mind has copious tabs open at once. This is often the consequence of trying to mentally juggle many concepts simultaneously. Writing allows abstract information to cross over into the tangible world. It frees up mental bandwidth, and will hinder your Google Chrome brain from crashing due to tab overload.
Key Benefits of “Writing”
Unlike talking, when you write, you look for more refined words and expressions to express what you have in mind. This encourages you to build a structure that allows you to express yourself better and communicate complex ideas in a much more effective way.
Writing and developing your ideas produces an amplified effect since you take them away from your mind and rationalize it.
Writing activates the neurons in your brain and gets it ready to overcome the rest of the tasks. Writing your goals increases the possibilities of achieving them significantly.
Writing in your own words, the information that you receive helps you assimilating and consolidating knowledge that otherwise, you would forget soon.
If you write down what you have in mind each day, what you expect to achieve, and how you feel according to this, you won’t need a therapist to explain who you are. You will realize yourself.
Write the “GOOD”
Writing is essential for numerous purposes. Almost a decade past, I read an article compelling enough to never neglect. The article's premise denoted to keep a daily log of incredible actions that happened throughout the day. To pen at least three things daily, you were thankful for it. It guaranteed happiness after a full six months—a disciplined six months of continuous effort. I figured, why not give this a try.
The first day I experienced difficulty regarding three grateful thoughts. One was easy, and I recall struggling with the other two. Ergo I made them vague and added, 'I am thankful for food on our table,' and 'am thankful we are healthy.' I did this for several days, and then day 4, I actually thought of three grateful actions of the day to write. Day 5, it reached six. Come day 30, I was almost at eight to ten daily highlights. Now over a decade, and I am writing an average of 45 blessings daily.
What is the point? We have much to be grateful for. We are surrounded by blessings we are unable to notice because our own negativity hinders us. Or even if we recognize it, we are still so ungrateful that we do not internalize it and perpetually let our sadness conquer our happiness. This is significantly UNHEALTHY. Although I am journaling for over a decade, I would be lying if I said I did not encounter days where sadness does take over. Keeping in mind that we are human and carry our minutes of weakness and vulnerability, it is okay. Don't be so hard on yourself.
Overall, I am happier since I began this daily log in my journal. I see miraculous results come from my positivity, increased self-love, self-worth, self-confidence, etc.
Being happy demands effort. Being sad doesn't. Which one is more draining in the end? Why choose a blue bucket? No matter how my days go by, I always write all I am thankful for every night.
Even on my stormiest and most challenging days, I continue this practice. Why? Because I owe myself that much to not give up on myself. Especially after putting in all the effort and noticing a positive transformation in my life. It would be foolish to give up my happiness so effortlessly.
I urge all those reading to start this writing practice. You will have a historical record of your thoughts. Whether you prefer to write daily highlights, your sentiments on how the day went, emotions towards someone, or venting. Please do not hesitate. I assure you will seem lighter and happier overall.
Good Writing & Good Luck