Learning Hack of the Day: Keep A Journal

Writing is an indispensable skill. No matter what career you decide to enter, you will need to write well. Your journal will be a great help. Write everyday. Your journal can have one purpose; some people keep journals of kids or pets' activities; a journal of a vacation or even an illness. Journal about your married or dating life. A learner's journal is great; Write about your new learning and learning plans. Use journaling as writing practice to become a better writer. Most likely you will want to write about many different things. Use different colored pens for different topics. One for pets' activities; one for new learning; one for affirmations; one for writing exercises. Experiment in your journal. If you intended your journal to be only a learning journal or winter journal, try writing a poem, or describing your best friend or vent about your neighbor or a politician. We learn from our writing.

Learning hack of the day: Keep A Journal

Keep a journal. Journals are writing practice, and writing is a skill needed for so many of today's courses and career paths. A diary is about what you did today. A journal can focus on today, a memory or on future hopes. It is more about feelings and reflections than about today's day. There are dozens of ways a journal can help us in our schooling and in our careers. I'll describe some of those in upcoming blogs. For now, let's get in the practice of writing every day. Think of it as being like piano practice or daily exercise. Build those writing muscles.