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BUILDING A HABIT OF SELF REFLECTION
Reeta Banerjee
reeta@stanford.edu
WHY JOURNAL?
• Journaling builds self awareness
• When you know yourself, you can make
better life decisions.
MOST PEOPLE TYPICALLY WRITE ABOUT
THEIR INTERESTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITES
• Facebook Interests
reveal hobbies or
favorites
• Twitter posts & people
you’re following reveal
your topic interests
• Linkedin skills show
what you’re good at
WHAT’S MISSING?
Info about yourself Facebook
“About me”
Posts
Skills&Expertise
Fun interests (hobbies) ✔
Topic interests ✔
Skills ✔
Bright spots
(moments of personal
success)
Development areas
Personal Goals
Values
WHAT’S MISSING?
Info about yourself Facebook
“About me”
Posts
Skills&Expertise
Fun interests (hobbies) ✔
Topic interests ✔
Skills ✔
Bright spots
(moments of personal
success)
Development areas
Personal Goals
Values
THIS IS WHERE JOURNALING CAN FILL THE GAP
EVERYTHING THAT’S WRITTEN ABOUT YOURSELF
ONLINE IS WRITTEN FOR A PUBLIC AUDIENCE
What’s missing from online records?
Things that you learn about yourself that you don’t necessarily want to share with the world
PEOPLE THINK JOURNALING
REQUIRES A LONG BLOCK OF TIME
• Actually, writing down one experience and
one lesson learned on average takes less
than 5 minutes.
• The test:
• Students self reported how long it took them to
write a Daily Self-Insight.
• The average time to write that one thought is
less than 5 minutes.
JOURNALING GETS EASIER IF YOU ADD IT TO AN
EXISTING SYSTEM YOU USE
• Dropbox
• Evernote
• Paper Notebook
• Binder
• Verbally dictated note to a phone
Using an existing system means that there’s
one less habit you have to create in writing
and storing information about yourself.
ONE THOUGHT EVERY DAY ADDS UP TO A LARGE
REPOSITORY OF SELF REALIZATIONS
You can use the repository anytime you need
to make a big life decision.
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