My #1 New Year’s Resolution

It’s been a long time since I kept a note pad and pen on my night table.

Often I have been waking up with thoughts running through my head and trying my best to remember them later in the morning but even if I do remember the jest of what I was thinking the magic is gone when I finally get to my desk or pick up my journal to try and capture the thought on paper.

So-o-o my number one new year’s resolution is to keep a pad and pen next to my bed to capture the magical thoughts that surface during the night and when I first wake up.

I suggest if you are not already keeping a journal next to your bed that you start now. Research has shown we are much more productive and have better follow through when we write our ideas and thoughts down. Otherwise, they get lost in the minutia of interruptions, and daily routines that the moments of our lives are full of.

Writing thoughts down as they occur also frees our brain to function without trying to hold on to a thought least we forget it. So just make a habit of writing down your thoughts when they occur during the night and upon waking in the morning, but also carry another pad or journal and pen with you though out the day to capture those thoughts so you keep your bedside pad or journal always in a dedicated spot on your night table.

And don’t forget about those glimpses of dreams that you still have images of but can’t make sense of. They must mean something so writing them down not only helps you remember them but perhaps you will see a pattern and discover meaning from them.

So join me in this new or renewed habit and start the New Year off with better recall of your magical thoughts that surface while you sleep and spring forward when you first open your eyes.

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