I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.
Earlier this year I tested and promoted the Kickstarter campaign for the 21 day trial version of the MYnd Map My Journal. Over the past three months, I’ve been using the journal to help me achieve some of my goals and keep track of my ideas.
What about the journal…
MYnd Map MY Journal was founded by Rosemary. The journal encourages and inspires you to stay on track with your dreams, goals and commitments. Helping you practice different methods of mindfulness and productivity – in short takes the concept of connecting your goals to make it a reality.
Personally, I like that the journal includes techniques to improve productivity e.g. the 80/20 rule. There are also daily affirmations and positive psychology practices; giving the journal a holistic approach to planning.
Review
Initial thoughts
At first, I loved that everything was like a blank canvas for me to fill in, there was so much to do with this journal to make my own. Every week begins with an intentions table where you can fill in your small goals for the week from ‘Body & Health’ to ‘Personal & Spiritual’. The whole journal is perforated so I was able to take rip off the page and pin it up on my desk as a reminder during the week. Towards the end of the week, I enjoyed taking time to write my reflections of the week, especially on how happy I was during the week activity. Filling out the journal has also given me the chance to spend more time introspecting, even if it’s for 5 minutes. It’s definitely very therapeutic for me.
After one month… (October)
My productivity had significantly improved. Writing down and physically making note of everything allowed me to remember what I needed to get done. In this past month, I have managed to achieve my goals that I had set for my blog, making a note of what I did on a daily basis also improved the way I went about setting targets for the week. I have thoroughly enjoyed colouring in, it’s given me the chance to just sit down and spend time being in the moment. I also felt that way when I was filling out the daily journal pages.
After two months… (November)
November has been quite productive for me. I achieved my blog and spiritual goals. I particularly enjoyed the quotes that were on the daily pages for this week, now that I have gotten used to using the journal I feel like I’m able to concentrate on following my goals. The visual tools are brilliant for the days that I didn’t feel like writing much.
The last month (December)
Coming towards the end of the journal now and the festive season, I decided to focus more on my spiritual growth. Although I haven’t had much time for my blog this month, I felt that I still had quite a few good ideas that I noted down while I was ill. The end of the week recaps were a great way to help me realise what my next steps needed to be, what I should take away from the week and celebrate.
Overall, I feel that this has certainly made a difference to my motivation. This journal is definitely helping me end the year on a positive note and starting the new year full of motivation.
The complete MYnd Map – MY Journal is available to buy online. Click here to see the full range.
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– Sonam x
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I think this is a wonderful idea. I really do want to focus a bit more on my spiritual growth. I feel like I am really lacking in that area.
Thank you Keziah 🙂 I think that the journal can help with all aspects of your life, depending on what you want to get out of it X
This was such a wonderful and in depth review! Thank you I think this is a wonderful journal
Thank you so much Kris, I’m glad that you enjoyed my review 🙂 xx
This sounds so good!! great review! x
Thank you Kayla 🙂 X
This is a great idea! Sounds so relaxing x
Thank you Becca 🙂 It definitely was relaxing xx
This sounds like such a great idea! It’s so true that we get caught up in our hectic lives and forget to be mindful. Thank you for sharing X
Thank you Hebah, this definitely helped me stay mindful, it’s worth trying out 🙂 xx
Such a good idea and I like how you spanned it over a couple of months – great post 🙂
Thank you Sian! 😀 x
I love this post. Super in-depth. Thanks for your honesty. I have to try this!
xo Megan 🙂
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Thank you so much Megan, I hope you like the journal as much as I did! 🙂 xx
This is such a good idea!- https://sophiehearts.net x
Thank you hun 🙂 it’s defintely worth trying out! xx