Have you heard of the happiness journal? Everyone wants to be happy and dreams of a happy life. I’m going to share my method for finding my true happiness in my happiness digital journal.
I’m not an expert on life and happiness. I am still learning from the experts how I will be happier and achieve my goals. This is a journey of continuous improvement, learning, and refinement. That’s why I had an idea for a happiness journal.
From my experience, I found that happiness boosts your self-esteem to be yourself and continue growing toward your dream goals.
That’s why I love this quote.
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.” Albert Schweitzer
This means that happiness isn’t some big thing you pursue. It is not something you chase after. It’s not something “out there” that you have to go way out of your way to hunt down. It’s right in your mind and in your inner voice. So it’s something you can do every day.
From my experience, I have created a digital bullet journal and added a guided happiness mindset journal that helps your everyday life.
30-day digital bullet journal with guided happiness journal
Mindfulness reflection Journal
Mindfulness reflection journal
Journaling can promote positive self-reflection, a useful approach to enhancing your self-esteem. In this
Self-Esteem Journal template, you can note down meaningful daily events and reflect on them to enhance your self-knowledge.
It may be helpful to reflect on these entries later in time to become aware of any trends in your feelings and emotions.
Self-esteem is key to happiness.
When we feel good about ourselves, we are more likely to take on new challenges and be successful. You must start with a deep understanding of your nature to get the most out of your self-discovery.
Happiness Journal
Happiness is the discovery that doing things makes you happy. It also makes your life work better.
The more you raise your happiness level, the more likely you’ll start achieving all those things you want to achieve.
So I went digging further into the subject and designed components of small things and actions that can help a person be happier in our happiness digital journal. You can reprogram your brain through some simple exercises that are easy to do. But, to start seeing positive changes, you need to do those exercises every day for at least 60 days.
Happiness mind map
Happiness Mindmap
To start, make a list of things that make you happy. This happiness journal spreads cab be easily through hyperlinks.
Review your happiness list regularly to remind yourself that you have so many things that can make you happy and do them more often.
example of Happiness mind mapping
Digital Bullet Journal page
Bullet Journal concept of journalling
An index page was designed with each line hyperlinking to designation pages. I have pre-designed future logs, monthly logs, daily journals, and collection pages.
This is a journal where you write everything that comes to mind, first thing in the morning and evening, for just 5 minutes. It sounds so simple that you can follow the prompt and answer it yourself.
I also believed it, until I tried to do the daily 5 minutes journalling myself. And I can honestly say that they work.
The benefits of daily journaling:
Clear your mind and focus on prioritizing daily tasks
It helps you to discover your creativity
It helps to prevent your inner critic, for example writing 3 things you are grateful for…
Journaling makes you less anxious. Envy, anger, fear, procrastination. All these emotions when put on paper can be seen for what they are. You realize it’s not so bad.
It helps to become a better idea generator.
There are many ways to write a journal entry. And there is no right or wrong way of doing it. The main purpose is to wake up and write 2-3 sentences on handwritten pages each morning. It becomes one of your “self-care” morning routines that help you start your day positively.
Journalling pages
Daily journal page
The daily page consists of two parts. You have the first page you fill out in the morning and the second part in the evening.
Start your day by describing how you feel. You can draw an emoji or describe it in 2–3 sentences. Then, to steer your day in a positive direction, write down why today will be a great day.
What’s important to you and what is something that always makes you smile? These are three simple questions to answer that will have a huge positive impact on your day.
To focus on positive vibes, even more, write down 2-3 affirmations for today.
example of a daily journal page
What are affirmations?
It’s a phrase or mantra that you repeat to yourself, which describes a specific outcome or who you want to be. They are simple messages repeated over and over, so they slowly change your thinking which leads to changing your reality.
Tips for writing affirmations:
Use “I” and “My”, it’s all about you.
Stay positive. Don’t focus on the things you want to avoid or get rid of. Instead, focus on the positive side of behaviors.
Avoid “want” and “need”. Good alternatives are: “I choose”, “I embrace”, and “I have”.
Keep it in the present tense
Believe yourself
From the daily page, you can easily access the monthly log page to write down anything that’s on your mind or any goals to achieve.
In the evening, review your day and write down three things you are grateful for. The great thing is that it’s an easy habit to form, and after a while, you are left with a great collection of inspiring material to look back on when you need a pick-me-up.
Writing down your thoughts about…
What you are thankful for
What can make you more optimistic? – because you are choosing to see more of the positivity in your life and give less power to negative emotions. It also means that you are acknowledging the goodness in your life which leads to feeling more positive emotions, relishing good experiences, and building strong relationships.
The perfect recipe for a much happier life.
Also, to feel better about yourself at the end of the day, answer these questions: What did you learn today? What made you proud, and excited, and what inspired you?
Benefits of evening journaling:
It allows you to debrief your day
It relaxes you and clears your mind
It helps to transition from a hectic day into sleep
Ample space for journal collection pages linked index
The basic Future logs template, monthly logs template, and 30 days daily pages are designed for your easy setup. And there are collection pages you can decorate the pages with your preference collection page widget, such as habit trackers, dream journals, weekly logs, etc.
Once you decorate the pages and simply write the page title on the index page. So next time you can click the index line, it leads to the page you created.
2023 DIGITAL BULLET JOURNAL GUIDE PROJECT
I’m so excited to start working with our community “The Arisu Creator Club” on creating your own customized digital bullet journal. This project will share my digital bullet journal template and provide ideas and tips every week for free.
For our subscribers, I am sharing a free 30-day happiness digital bullet journal.
GRAB A FREE 30-DAY DIGITAL BULLET JOURNAL AND A HAPPINESS JOURNAL
Learn about how to set up a digital bullet journal with hand-drawn page widgets and stickers.
I am continually adding the article about the digital bullet journal setup and resources to the Arisu Creator Club week project.
This week’s project is arranged in a specific order. To learn about the digital bullet journal step process, please read the article and follow the actions in order, and do not skip any steps. It will guide you step by step through the setup.
This project is not bound by a timeline. You can complete the actions at your own pace. It won’t take you much time. From my experience, I spent my digital bullet journal set up less than a week the first time.
Each article has an actionable step. Please Do so! It’s important not to delay and implement what you learned right away.
GETTING OUT THE MOST FROM OUR ACTION STEPS
Use the extra resources. In each article, I’ll cover the basics, but if you want more, check all the extra resources available in our Creator Club member resource vault(member-only). There are also some PDF printable and cheat sheets available in our Freebie vault, be sure to make use of them as well.
Tag me on Instagram. If you want to share your work – be sure to tag me on my Instagram. I’d love to see your work and share it.
Be part of the community! Having a community always helps to develop and actually see how you’re not alone with your struggles. Plus it’s probably the best way to find help. You can join our Facebook group, as well as the Arisu Creator Club membership
Next week, I will share the setup process with resources in the Arisu Creator Club Week Project, in the meantime, download our free digital bullet journal template to explore.
Have fun with your creativity!
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