This is really a great idea Anita. Thank you for sharing it!

I also keep a daily journal and I have a personal to-do-list and a business to-do-list and travel-wish-list. I also have written down my longterm and shortterm goals. What I haven't thought about is to keep a business journal where I can record my "path to success".

Have to start keeping a business journal right this minute!
:-)

This is so strange (in a good way)! I was JUST thinking once again that I need to do that when I came across your post 10 minutes later. I started at the very beginning of my time here but when we moved last spring I lost track of the notebook. I am sure I can find it fairly quickly but I don't know off the top of my head which box or tote it is in so I had not been using it ever since we moved. That was April!! So...I really need to start again.

Thanks for the great ideas for everything we could record in there. I mostly wrote down ideas I had for blog posts in a big list so I could look at it when I was deciding what to write about and cross them off when I was done.

I hope you are getting better! I suspect mine is a respiratory flu and it is moving slowly.

I think that is an absolutely wonderful idea and something that is actually essential in order for us to be successful. I would have ideas and stuff pop into my head during the day at my job about stuff I wanted to do with my website, but since I never jotted them down, I would forget about them. I think it should also be used to post future goals and successes as well as failures such as you mentioned and we should always go back to our journal and look over things each day.

There is so much information available to us these days that its almost impossible to keep track of it all. I can certainly relate, and yes I also take notes on a journal to keep my sanity. lol. But really there are tons of great ideas and sometimes it may only take one word that triggers an awesome event. Keeping that journal is a must for those who want to succeed. Thanks Anita.

Thanks for sharing this! I'm still struggling to give enough time to my online business & goals - I'm kind of drifting forward, snatching what time I can, instead of driving a determined route. Maybe a journal will help me to try and structure my thoughts more. I'm going to give it a try... :)

I always used to keep a journal when I was working in construction, it is a useful way to plan and record. I had a garage clear out recently and through out about 6 years worth. Needed to declutter!

I keep notes lately, randomly scattered and no order, I don’t like this.

A journal is a good idea to plan and record, on this new path of mine.

Thanks Anita

Wayne

Hi Anita,
I think a business journal is invaluable. There is almost an infinite number things you could use it for. How about a comparison chart like goals and progress, daily weekly and monthly,etc? You could use it for budgets and expenses. It could also have a checklist of things to do on a periodic basis.

This is just a few things. I will think of a lot more. But you have got me thinking of many ways to keep track of progress and other business aspects.

Thanks for sharing this important evaluation on Kyle's training.

Hi, Anita. I have been using Penzu.com's journal since hearing this from Kyle. Had never heard of it before, but it even sends me an email to "start your day with writing". I don't usually do that, but do write down my thoughts, ideas, etc. throughout the day. Still using the old fashioned pen and paper, because it helps me to remember things. Then at the end of the day, I transfer my scribbles into more legible typing on Penzu. Not nearly as organized as you are, but it works for me. I could spend hours making it "perfect", which is what I'd tend to do if I was writing it for someone else! Carol

Well I have a journal but I just write stuff down but not that neatly when I am listening to a video or a podcast. I do write things down neatly if I have ideas, I guess , but mostly it's illegible when I go back to read it.
I do however keep a Gratitude Journal.
With Grace and Gratitude
Karen

Hi Anita, cool article! I found the hardest thing was actually getting into the habit of writing in the journal every day, and found a program online where you actually set a cash target for your journalling so that you received "mental" cash deposits each day that you filled in the journal, which sort of made it fun as well as a targeted challenge.
The other thing i have found useful in the daily journal is just listing a couple of the things i am grateful for in that day
rgds
ian