We’ve all heard of writing in diaries or jotting down dreams upon awakening, but many people don’t realize the added benefits of putting innermost thoughts and feelings onto paper. Journaling can be an excellent method of managing stress, not only by providing a release of built-up emotion and frustrations, but by having in writing the chronicles of events to be used to identify areas in our lives that produce stress and that could use a change.

Journaling, like other stress management strategies, must be tailored to your lifestyle and habits. Writing in your journal every day would be ideal, but this may not be practical, especially if you have a lot to say. You can expect for your first several entries to be fairly long, since you have probably been holding things in for a while.

Once you get some of your bigger problems on paper, your entries will begin to get shorter. Making writing part of your daily routine would make journaling the most effective, as it would give you a way to vent everyday. You may want to write for a few minutes in the morning, or right before you go to lunch.

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