Oct

Do Real Men Keep A Journal?

When someone first told me about keeping a journal and writing down my thoughts and experiences, I thought, that is for girls. What am I, sixteen years old? However, it had not occurred to me how important this simple task was until a few years later, when I ventured out on my first overseas travel to Europe for vacation. I noticed that some of my fellow travelers journaled each day. In fact, some men were even journaling. One day I asked one of the men what he was writing down in his journal. He explained to me he was reflecting on the past day’s events and writing them down. It was not until after I returned to America, and a few weeks had passed that I was going through pictures of my experience when it occurred to me that it would have been great to have had a written daily account of my trip. It prompted me to begin investigating journals. I found there are many authors, explorers, and key business leaders who journal (yes even men). Off I went to purchase my first journal. It was not anything special, just a small size empty notebook. I started journaling every time I had a thought or a specific goal in mind. Since one of my biggest hobbies is traveling overseas to experience new cultures, foods, and landscapes, I took my journal and pen in tow faithfully—from Egypt to New Zealand. When I started a second journal, I got a God idea. As I began this journey with God, If we want to achieve personal goals in our lives we must put them down in writing.