Writing Your Best Self

This Simple Journaling Technique Inspires Depth & Complexity

March 08, 2022 Georgina El Morshdy
Writing Your Best Self
This Simple Journaling Technique Inspires Depth & Complexity
Show Notes


I created this episode during the week of International Women's Day, and I was inspired by this potent quote.

"Here’s to strong women may we know them. May we be them. May we raise them."

As I revisited this quote, I realised there’s a journaling opportunity that I’d love to share. 

An opportunity that invites depth and complexity into our lives; two energies that I’m increasingly drawn to as a response to the superficiality that surrounds us. 

Tune in for more...

In this episode we explore: 

  • A journaling exercise that invites complexity and depth into our lives. 
  • The problem with superficiality. 
  • Our attention spans are now less than a goldfish's! 
  • How information abundance is changing who we are (and why we should care). 
  • Why the global context says we need depth and complexity. 

"Humans are deep, complex beings. There's so much of who we are under the surface. Our inner worlds are a labyrinth of uncharted space and unexplored landscapes." 

  • Journaling as a layered experience and a quest to discover our truth. 
  • Cultivating choice and agency.  
  • The power of experiencing alignment and authenticity. 
  • Using your journal as a tool to explore complex conversations about the world. 
  • Creating depth by unpacking words. 
  • And more...

"Superficiality stops us from creating a life that's as deep as it is broad."

JOURNALING EXERCISE:

Step #1: Pick a word to unpack.
Here are some suggestions - or pick one of your own. 

  • Strong.
  • Authenticity. 
  • Power. 
  • Impact. 
  • Success. 
  • Wisdom. 

Step #2. Journal.
Write a list or tap into a stream of consciousness about what this word means to YOU.

Step #3. Deepen your practice.
Explore how this word features in your own life? Is it something you want more or less of?

Also, check out the BestSelf Co. range of journaling tools:
1. Creating Your Live List [$5 investment].
2. Transform Fear to Focus [$5 investment].
3. 52 List Journaling Prompts [a free tool].
4. Journaling options... Self Journal & Scribe.

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"Journaling is an invitation to peer behind the veil of our surface-level appearance and presence - and discover who we are." 

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Now get to writing!