The Benefits of Business Journaling by Hand

When you combine the benefits of keeping a journal and writing by hand, you get a boost in intellectual acuity, mental and psychological health, and creativity—all of which will do wonders for anyone who is running a business.

The Benefits of Journaling

Journaling, whether by pen and paper or by electronic means has numerous, and often overlapping, benefits.

Mental health boost

It boosts your mental health by allowing you to unload things you carry around inside and make sense of them, on your own terms, in total privacy.

Inevitably, you gain a degree of freedom, which can help to widen your perspective, allowing you to see things you couldn’t notice before. Having a better understanding of the things you’re working or dealing with allows you to figure out what to do next, and having a goal or a plan gives you a sense of being in control, as well as the space to engage a creative spark or two. All of this means you will not likely be getting depressed and beaten down by a feeling of helplessness when your business is not going so well.

Physical health boost

A healthy mind usually results in a healthy body—that is, a healthier immune system, a healthier heart, and an overall feeling of physical well-being.


Creativity

Good physical and mental health puts one in a great place to be creative. And creativity you definitely need a great deal of in running and growing a business.

Insight

A journal lets you keep a record of your ideas, observations, impressions, hopes and aspirations—material for future reference, and a great source of insight.

Sharper troubleshooting/problem-solving skills

Being in a healthy mental state and being able to access one’s creativity channels means being better equipped to deal with issues that come up, as they are wont to, in business. That is, you will be able to stay calm and rational and make intelligent choices to address issues, obstacles, or threats.

The Benefits of Writing by Hand

Slower pace

Making wise decisions almost always involves thinking things through, and that involves taking one’s time and slowing down. That is easy to get when all you have to work with are a pen and your journal. It’s minimal and quiet. More often than we realize, being decisive and quick to act when called to do so is easier when one has been mindful of every relevant thing all along and has spent time way beforehand to think things through.

Clarity and awareness


At a slower pace, you can see things clearer, and clarity of vision allows you to chart your business’s course with just that much more precision and confidence, as well as preparedness for whatever may come.

The hand-to-brain connection

Numerous studies, in particular conducted on students to determine the difference between note taking by hand and electronic note taking have established that writing by hand increases neural activity in specific parts of the brain, something similar to meditation, that are uniquely capable of igniting creativity. Writing by hand also sharpens the brain and improves learning.

 

The Business Owner/Executive with the Handwritten Journal

Business journaling by hand yields a healthy boost to your overall ability to run your business. And going for this option does say something about the choices you make. For example, that you’re apt to look for ways to optimize things, to go for the best.

So optimize your business journaling by going old school.

Journalz can help get you off to a good start with a quality journal that you can choose to design yourself.