Step 3- Set Rules

The Oxygen Journal:
Online Stress Management Tracking

If you want to remember something, write it down! We’re not talking about putting little sticky papers all over your kitchen cabinets. Instead, we offer the Oxygen Journal, automatically formatted for you on our site. Using the Oxygen Journal is an easy and convenient way to note and store information.

Journaling is the practice of keeping a diary or journal that explores thoughts and feelings surrounding the events of one’s life. As such, it is an invaluable stress management and self-exploration method of capturing the experiences that make you, you.

Writing thoughts in a journal or diary lets us tell it like it is! Our entries are at the heart of who we are; they express our deepest observations. By regularly recording events, you can visually flag or isolate daily stress factors from those that occur once in a while and note how stressful or calming they were.

Sometimes, the nature and frequency of recorded entries may even help us to solve our own problem or issues. If we are able to detect stressful patterns, we are that closer to reducing them.

Not only does logging (preferably, on a daily basis) “solidify” your experiences with people, places and things in a real and lasting way, but it also creates the kind of discipline and attention needed to succeed in an ongoing, behavior modification program.

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Some common tips in journaling include setting aside time, on a consistent basis, to write about your thoughts, feelings and emotions, keep it private but, most of all, just write. Don’t be concerned about grammar or spelling. Just write.