Start Your Journal with a Positive Headspace

Before you open up your journal and start writing, you might first want to spend a few 
minutes getting into a mindful state and reflecting on your mood and what is going 
through your mind at this moment. This doesn’t have to be a practice you do when you 
intend to journal in the form of a brain dump or stream of consciousness, but it can be 
really useful for other forms of journaling.


Why should you be in a positive headspace for journaling?

While this isn’t necessary every single time, there are definitely some benefits to being 
in more of a positive mindset as you write in your journal. Try to be mindful of how you 
feel right now, and turn your negatives into a positive. Are you feeling a bit stressed 
about your job? You can think positively that you have a job you love, or a job that pays 
your bills. Get into a place of acceptance, gratitude, and mindfulness, and that is 
enough positivity for your journaling.


Find Positivity By Expressing Gratitude

When you are grateful and appreciative of the blessings in your life, it boosts your 
mood, helps you become happier, and you carry that with you through every facet of 
your life. Write down a few things you are grateful for every time you start a journal 
entry. Even if the rest of what you journal about isn’t all positive, you can still get into the 
right frame of mind from the very beginning with the simple act of writing what you are 
grateful for. 

There are a few ways to express gratitude in your journal, but here are some simple 
options:

Write 3 people you are grateful for that day.
Write about 5-10 things or possessions you are grateful for.
Write a list of things or people in your life in general that you are grateful for.


Tips for Becoming More Positive When You Write

Many people use their journal to write about their feelings and thoughts, which 
sometimes can be on the negative side. You can definitely use your journal for venting, 
but there are still ways to add some positivity to those journal entries. 

For example, if you had a bad day because your car broke down, then you were late to 
work, and your boss yelled at you for it, see how you can spin it. Maybe when you took 
your car in for one issue, they found something even more serious that could have 
caused a major accident. You just saved yourself from a potentially dangerous situation. 
Or when you saw how irrational your supervisor was for something you couldn’t control, 
you got the idea that you want a better job or to start your own business.




