Hey everybody! I have a wonderful and
amazing special guest and we are going to
talk about journaling . Because, how many times
have I told you how important that is. So stay tuned!
Hey everybody! Like I said I have a wonderful and special guest Hannah Hart!
Hello! Yay! I feel like I should insert clapping. (clapping noise)
I know, lots and lots of raucous applause.
And if you haven't checked out Hannah's channel. You must. MDK is like...
It's truly the best
It's truly amazing and I have to say Ice Cream Someday question mark.
Favorite. That's my personal favorite...
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I found this on the floor. Whenever I need a laugh and am feeling down
Ice Cream Someday? is my friend.
So Hannah is here to talk with us about journaling.
Now, I know a lot of you are like Kati I stare at a blank piece of paper
and I wonder, What am I doing with my life and why can't I journal?
And, I put out videos. For any of you who are new.. Hello!
I put out videos on Saturdays offering up a journal topic or a prompt
to get you going. And, I know that is hard for some of you.
And some of you are like, I don't even know how to journal.
But, Hannah here journals a lot. And, I would even venture to say
that maybe, I should stop calling it journaling and call it like
thought dropping or something.
Whoa, like dropping the mic. or like dropping a truth bomb.
That's totally what it is because I don't think of it as journaling.
I think of it as thought dropping. Which is that sometimes I just have
a thought in my head or something that I need to get out
and I'll just pull out a little notebook and then....
It will be either like half a page a page sometimes it's a sentence or two
and sometimes it's like two or three pages.
But then at least it's there and I can just put it away.
Yeah, and I think that's the cool thing and I think something that is so cool
that you do is carrying around like a little teeny, tiny journal and the funny
thing is right now. We don't have any but I'm looking on my bookshelf.
Because, all of you have sent them to me and I keep them.
I've got one. Oh, yeah yeah. Yeah this little guy.
But this is only like my idea journal. See it is all flippy and it has
like list forms. Where like yes I'm getting that. Yes this is good.
Oh, Hannah again. Brilliant!
But I want you all to know that journaling doesn't have to be
like, Dear diary today was so hot I am sweating all over my house.
You don't have to write about everything.
Are you talking about today? I am.
Well what I found is really helpful about the little notebook method is that
I have different journals for different things.
So I have my like black journal which is like my diary, darkest thoughts, emotions
like feelings dump journal. Hence the black. Hence the black.
Which is different from my like idea journal or like the notebooks that I
carry around with me in public because then I'm just like getting it out while
I'm on the go. And those are usually like brightly colored I have a green one,
a red one, that little one. And that is really helpful to me.
So I'm not just like. Ahh, feelings of failure
and then right under that is like spaghetti.
I should do that next week. Yeah and I think that's really cool
and it helps break it up so that you don't feel like, every time you sit down
to write you have to be like..... Blah, deepest darkest soul secrets
and I would encourage all of you to give this a try.
I know that there are tons of pads of paper all over your houses if
you are anything like myself or Hannah
and it's not that hard to just start jotting things down.
When did you start doing this? Do you know?
Ahh, jeeze let me think. I would probably say like late high school.
Because, I started seeing. You know I forget things because I get really excited
then I just forget. So, I started writing things down that I didn't want to forget
and then that kind of turned into like writing down ideas or like making lists
or you know. Kind of keeping track that way. I love lists.
Lists are great. And, eventually that just kind of evolved into just
writing down thoughts or feelings or keeping track of how many times
a day I was feeling a certain way. And that has been super super helpful to me.
But, speaking of lists. Let me tell you about my favorite type of list.
My friend Hannah recommended this to me years ago because her therapist
recommended it to her. And, she like me always feel kind of like overwhelmed or
like oh, I'm not getting enough done. I'm the worst.
I have all of these lists and all these things I want to do
but I haven't done any of them. Blah, blah blah, self hate, self hate, self hate. Yep
Instead of making a to do list. She says make a to done list!
Which is the stuff you have gotten done that day.
And my to done list this morning included showering and pooping. Ohhh.
I was like ah. Today is going to be a good day! I'm already so productive.
Yeah, and then I saved that dog. Yeah, totally and you made it here; check, check
check, check, check. But, all of it in the to done list so that you
can look back on your day and see all the things that you have done.
As opposed to everything that you didn't do. Yeah, and I love that.
And, I actually will because I love lists and all of you know if you are one of my
O.G. viewers I am like a Post It note freakazoid and I make lists
and I will even write done things that were on my brain to do list, as I'll
make a box and check it. Like I'll write them down just to check them off.
To be like, don't forget you already did that.
I talk to all of my viewers a ton about negative self talk and
how we have to change the way that we think about ourselves and talk to
ourselves. So, something that you can do if you are new to journaling and it's
really difficult for you or if you find that even if you are journaling you
are really battling the negative self talk and this would be something that might
be helpful for you. Is writing down in a journal that you are not going to put
anything else in. Things that you think about yourself during the day;
good, bad, whatever. Whoa. And at night I want you to spend 30 minutes.
I know you all can do 30 minutes talking back to those.
So leave a line under each negative thing you say. That's so sweet.
And be like no you really tried and that just didn't work because of this or
if you can't do it from your own voice think like how would my closest friend
that's like your support that you would call when you are like I don't know I'm
being weird. That person, think what they would say to you.
That's, I mean that sounds really nice but also sounds really hard
like I feel like if I wrote that list at the end of the day I would be like
You know the number one things to be on there would be you are not doing enough or
something and then underneath that I guess I would have to.. What would you say back?
That's hard. Think about it. I don't do enough. Yeah, I do? but then it's like..
I'm doing the best I can. Ahh that is so sweet, Kati, god. Oh my god.
If only, Oh my god. Ok, yeah I guess, yeah. I'm doing the best I can. Ok, yeah
It's hard. It's hard. But, you can limit the amount like for you starting out
limit it to like 5 things. Ok, so that you get warmed up at it.
Don't feel like you have to write everything.
I just say everything because you won't be able to write them all down.
Some of my viewers have said. But those run through my head like 99% of the time.
So, we start with the most common. Like I don't do enough or I don't work enough
or I'm not doing well in school. Whatever those cycled thoughts we have.
Ok, ok, cool. Yeah, because I definitely do thought cycles but today I am going
to try it. I'm going to write down 5 things throughout the day so if I think
of it the well I had that thought again. Yep, and at the end of the day talk to
them like I am somebody that loves me because that is a goal. Exactly.
Because, you want to love yourself. Got it!
And then we will feel better over all.
Thank you for sharing your journal tips and everything.
And if you haven't checked out her channel like I said you can click on her face to
go over I did a video on her channel you can watch that and also all her links
will be in the description below and as always leave your comments.
Share what works for you. Do you have a prompt that always helps you get out
of your journal rut? Are there things that you do or nice ways that you
talk back to yourself? Share it below because you never know that might
help someone and really turn their day around. Yeah, and if you are here
from our community over on Harto and the Hartland. Click like, and give
just a big round of applause to Kati too. Because, she is putting herself out there
and I couldn't have more respect. Ahh, thank you, thanks for taking time to be
here. Yeah, no problem. And I will see you on Monday. Bye!
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