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A 30-Minute Year-End Review

December 31, 2025 | Renée Fishman

How to do a year-end review to get closure on your year when you don’t have time to dig deep and don’t really want to revisit the year.

Filed Under: Navigating Change, Productivity Tagged With: annual review, journaling, New Years, year-end review

5 Ways Journaling by Hand Can Stop Rumination

December 30, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Rumination can keep you trapped in a prison of thought loops. Here are 5 ways journaling by hand — with pen to paper — can help you break free.

Filed Under: ADHD, Coaching, Productivity Tagged With: ADHD, journaling, mindfulness, productivity, rumination, strategies, thought loops, writing

5 Reasons Why You Should Journal By Hand

December 29, 2025 | Renée Fishman

In an age of digital everything, it’s easier to dictate or type your thoughts. But it’s not as effective. Here are 5 reasons why you should journal by hand.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: handwriting, journaling, practice, ritual

The Difference Between Journaling and Writing

December 28, 2025 | Renée Fishman

If you’ve been resisting a journaling practice because you don’t like to write, understanding the difference between journaling and writing may help.

Filed Under: Creating, Habits, Productivity, Writing Tagged With: creating, creative process, introspection, journaling, process, self-awareness, self-care, writing

This Journaling Practice Will Change Your Life

December 2, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Ending your days focused on what went wrong and what you didn’t do will lead to feeling defeated and burned out. This 10-minute journaling practice takes you out of rumination and helps you find the good — even on the bad days.

Filed Under: Coaching, Productivity Tagged With: CANI, daily recap, daily review, gratitude, journaling, lessons, magic moment, mindfulness, mindset, My Daily Recap, personal development, reframe, wins

3 Reasons Why Journaling Can Make You Feel Worse

November 29, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Although journaling is a common practice to work through challenging emotions, it can also do more harm than good. Here are 3 reasons why journaling can make you feel worse.

Filed Under: Coaching, Productivity Tagged With: emotional intelligence, emotions, habits, journaling, life, meaning, mental health, mindfulness, personal growth, presence, productivity, rituals, self-awareness, writing

3 Surprising Benefits of Journaling on Paper

March 31, 2024 | Renée Fishman

When your mind is moving at a million ideas per minute, it might seem more expedient to take notes or journal in a digital device. Here are 3 surprising benefits of old-fashioned pen-to-paper journaling.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: ADHD, creating, creativity, digital, ideas, journaling, learning, mindfulness, note-taking, paper, process, processing, productivity, writing

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