The Ultimate Guide to Life and Productivity Journals. I used to have a love-and-hate relationship with journaling and journals. Usually, I could not find time or had excuses not to write journals. However, I also thought they were useless and could not find good journals I would love writing.
However, I have shared my journey on Instagram in the last couple of months. Since I started, I have found a few amazing journals that have helped with my productivity, understand my goals and dreams as well as helped to stick with my habits. However, what I love the most is that it is easy to write my journals because they are fun and help me collect my thoughts.
I know people who write notebooks, whatever is on their mind- that does not help me, and that is why I did not write journals. If you need help in journaling as a beginner, read the journaling guide I wrote some time ago. However, there are journaling prompts and journals that tell you what to write or ask you questions! The blog post includes affiliate marketing links to help me provide you with free content.
What is a journal?
How writing a journal can benefit your life?
A journal is a notebook meant to record and reflect on events in someone’s life, thoughts and emotions. Now let’s dive into The Ultimate Guide to Life and Productivity Journals.
Best life and productivity journals
Life and Style journal
As a fashion blogger, I used to think about how I wanted to create a journal that had something to do with style. However, it was when I did not know that the Life and Style Journal from the Intelligent Change exists. This is the first journal that I started, wrote every single day and finished- it was so much fun to write and I could not stop writing it. Intelligent Change journals are filled with motivational quotes, fun exercises and thoughtful questions.
Life Designer
As I loved the Life and Style journal from Intelligent Change, I decided to order the Life Designer journal for the next year. This is the perfect journal to organize your life, understand what you want from life but also appreciate everything you have and what you have done so far. As I started a new work and my life is very challenging right now, this journal is perfect for this time of my life!
The five minute journal
The five-minute journal is one of the most popular journals that you can see influencers and everyone online writing. I have wanted the journal for so long and finally, I have it. However, I thought I would start writing it after the Life Designer journal. I do not want to make journaling like a task and too much for myself. I love that The Five minute journal has a section each day to write in the morning and at the end of the day too! It makes us stop a little bit and think before you start your day but also before going to sleep.
Habit journal
Habit Notes is one of the journals that I am writing right now, and I will finish it very soon! I needed a journal to make me stick to a few healthy habits that are not work-related but mostly health-related. For example, doing activities, having a daily walk or reading a book! If you struggle to stick to your habits, this journal will make you accountable and the writing down, thinking about success every day as well as then check weekly which habits I have sticked to and which not- really have helped me! This and next journals are from the LSW, but you can also pre-order it from me to support me! 🙂
Mind cards and bullet journal
Did you know that there are Mind cards that are a great affordable way, and a fun way on how to write your journal? I mentioned how I did not know how to write a journal in blank notebooks- mind cards help with that! Just pull out one card that will have a questions or idea for you to write about and write the answer or your thoughts in any notebook you want! This is amazing idea, and you can re-gift it afterwards to people in your life.
Morning Notes
Last but not least, Morning notes are to help you make the best out of your day: with habits, with your plans and goals and also be thankful about small details in your life every day. However, as you see it also includes quotes and fun tasks like other journals.