As Tim Ferriss has said, 'I don't journal to be productive. I don't journal to find great ideas or put down prose I can publish later. The pages aren't intended for anyone but me. I'm just caging my monkey mind on paper so I can get on with my fucking day.'

According to a study conducted by the Harvard Business School, participants who journaled at the end of each day had a 25% increase in performance when compared to a control group that didn't.

Journaling is not just a little thing you do to pass the time to write your memories down, although it can be. It's really a strategy that has helped brilliant and powerful and wise people become better at what they do.

Journaling before bed decreases cognitive stimulation, rumination, and worry, allowing you to fall asleep faster.

Whatever problems you're dealing with, take them to your journal and you'll be surprised at how you feel after.

Journaling helps improve well-being after traumatic and stressful events.

A University of Arizona study showed that people were better able to recover from divorce and move forward if they journaled on the experience.

How you journal is much less important than why you are doing it and that you are doing it.