Journaling Your Intentions

On Wednesday I covered Setting Daily Intentions to Achieve Your Goals. I had some nice responses. David Walker even reported that he had used the method for a good night’s sleep and it worked like a charm. It does work, and while it’s not 100% foolproof 100% of the time, I would say it works at least 95% of the time—to me, that’s good results.

Remember, setting daily intentions is about what you want to achieve in the immediate future—in the next 24 hours. It doesn’t always work if you set an intention on Monday and expect it to be as powerful on Friday—you need to set them for each event you undertake. You may find yourself setting dozens of intentions each day.

Today I want to cover the benefits of writing them down. I’ve recently started reading an awesome book titled Write It Down, Make It Happen: Knowing What You Want And Getting It (This is not an affiliate link.) I haven’t finished reading the book but I’ve been so inspired by it that I wanted to share it with the readers here at Blogging Tips.

The written word is powerful; the pen really IS mightier than the sword—or can be, depending on who’s wielding the weapon(s). I’m also a big fan of the law of attraction and when you journal your daily intentions (or your short and long term goals) this sends your thought waves out into the universe. Just thinking about it is not always enough. When you add the act of writing it down, it becomes more powerful—it gives you focus and allows the doors (so to speak) to be opened for you.

I’ve started writing my daily intentions down on paper. I also journal them in a wordpress.com journal, but I feel that going through the motions of putting pen to paper is much more powerful than simply typing them out. For this reason I do my handwriting first and then transpose that to the online journal.

If you read my post on setting intentions and you’ve put it to work, try taking it a step further and starting writing down your intentions. My intentions for writing this post were stated simply; I intend for the day to be pleasant with no obstacles. I intend for my work to be informative and productive. I intend for the words to flow with ease.

Did I accomplish these intentions? Well, you can be the judge of how informative it was, but on my end the words did flow with ease and it’s been productive. I’d say I’ve spent about 15 minutes writing this post. Now, I’m on to the next. May your day be productive and your intentions on the mark. Give focused power to your intentions and they will give focused results back to you.

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Written by Patti Stafford from Patti Stafford
Posted on January 15th, 2010 and filed under Writing
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