One of the ultimate purpose of life that one can define for his or her life is improvement. Whether this is self improvement or transcending towards the improvement of others' lives.
Having said that, achieving one's goals often and almost always involve self improvement. The kinds of self improvement one must have depends on the kind and level of achievement one is targeting. These self improvement might come in the form of more self discipline, more efficiency in one's work, being more vocal or having improvements in communication skills, etc. One must be able to determine himself what additional skills or existing skills needs improvement. This is were feedback is invaluable. Feedback can come from other people or from one's self. Getting feedback from one's self is often tricky because we tend to be less objective towards our own efforts. This is where having a journal and having an activity log greatly helps.
Importance of keeping a journal and activity log in changing ourselves
1) It keeps a record of our progress and our non-progress - This is a valuable tool in determining what works and what doesn't towards moving closer to our goals. We may find that we must change something in our habits, or we may find that we need to be more efficient in areas that we can pinpoint in our journal. We can indeed look at our efforts in an objective manner when we have a journal.
2) Keeping a journal provides accountability in everything we do - This is very important. The devil is in the details and often we shrug off little details in our everyday activities because they are little. But keeping a journal will expose these little activities as having big effects in keeping us from getting closer to our goals.
3) We can review our journal and help us pinpoint the cause for our negative behaviors which in turn will help us change these behaviors for the better.
4) Keeping a journal helps us know our selves better in a deeper level but also in an objective way.
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