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1. Introduction: Welcome to the one word
journaling for beginners class. My name is Armand Jorie, the founder of Armani Talks, a media company which
helps engineers and entrepreneurs improve their
communication skills. A great way for us to improve our communication skills
is through journaling. The unique thing
with journaling is that there's a lot of
different ways to do it. There's creative
writing, there's gratitude journal, there's
bullet journaling. There's so many different types. But in this class we are
going to be learning about the one word
journaling technique. And it's very innovative. Something that is going to
help you out tremendously. Within this class, we
are going to first learn what is the one word
journaling technique? What are some of the
benefits we can expect? How to choose our one word, how to choose the medium,
how to choose our pen. In the end, I will give you
a final project that will allow you to implement this journaling
style to your life. If you're ready and
excited for this class, I look forward to
seeing you inside.
2. What is One Word Journaling: The one word journal
link technique is when we choose one word and we keep writing that same word over and over again for a
set amount of time.
3. Benefit of One Word Journaling: Now you may be thinking,
wait a minute, there's so many different
types of journaling out there. Why am I exactly just choosing one word and just writing
it over and over again? Here's the unique
thing. There is a different type of journaling for what you seek to improve. If someone is coming
to me and saying, hey, I feel as though I'm
not a creative individual. I feel as though I'm
very restricted. Anytime I'm trying to blog, do you have any advice for me? The main thing that
I'm going to get from this individual is
that they're trying to improve their creative
writing skills for them. I would recommend
free flow journaling. This is when they
write uninterrupted whatever is on their mind. This will allow
them to understand that they have a lot of ideas. They just need to move
out of their own way. Other times someone will
come to me and say, I just can't concentrate. Do you have any tips
for that person? I would recommend the one word journaling technique because
here's how the mind works. The mind is a lot like an ocean. There's a lot of
different waves. The waves represent
different thoughts. The thing is that people
normally struggle to focus because they
just keep going from one wave to
another to another. What the one word
journaling technique does is that it gets one word. It makes you use that word and follow through
with all the waves. It doesn't matter
if you're getting a thought from something
in the fifth grade, you're still writing
that same word down. It doesn't matter if
you're nervous about the best man speech you
have to give next week, you're still writing
that same word down. It doesn't matter
if you think is this one word journaling
technique really going to work. You're still writing
that one word down there that you stick
with that one word, Despite the different
waves there that you improve your
concentration skills soon, rather than trying to kill
these different waves. It's something that you
can simply coexist with. Therefore, the one word journaling technique
is a fascinating way in order to boost your
concentration skills with concentration skills. It's not about doing
too many things, It's just about doing one
thing over and over again.
4. How to Choose Your Word: Now, for the one word,
how do you choose it? I can't quite tell you
exactly how to choose it because this is something that is going to be
personal to you. But I will give you some advice. The first thing that
I would recommend is that it's not too long. We don't want to be
basically writing a sentence which isn't
really a sentence, but the word is so long that it feels like a sentence as
we're trying to write it. We want a very
short word for me. The word that I keep
writing over and over again is the reason why is
because my name is man, my business name is Armani. There's this connection
that I have with this word due to me having some emotional
connection with it. I like to write this word over and over again.
It's very short. In addition to it being short, it would also help if there is some emotional
connection to it. If you don't have an
emotional connection to it, that's also fine because
what you will notice is that the more that you keep writing it over and over again, the more that you're cultivating an emotional
connection towards it. For the whole emotional aspect, it's a bonus if you
already like it, but if you don't, it's fine, you'll cultivate it later on. The main thing that we want
to focus on is that it's a word that we will feel comfortable writing
over and over again. Because depending on how many
times you're writing it, it should be easy, okay? It should be something
that you're not dreading. Okay? Brainstorm on
a word like that, and once you zone in
on it, stick with it. Because we're staying
with this word long term. We're not going to keep getting one word,
then discarding it. And getting another word and adopting it,
then discarding it. We're sticking with one word. Okay? Build faith
with this word, Put reps into this word, and inject life into this word.
5. How to Choose Your Medium: Now we need to
choose our medium. As some people may ask, can I type this out?
I would say no. I don't think you
should type it out, because it's going to kill the effects that you can have with this
journaling technique. If it's free flow, journaling
by all means type it out. But with the one word
journaling technique, I highly recommend you take the analog route and you
write it out by hand. You got to choose your medium. This is where different
people are different. I know some people that
like the entire notepad. I know other people that
actually buy a physical journal. Very small journal, by the way, strictly for this activity. I know certain people who
get a binder put a bunch of papers in it and then just
do their exercise there. This is something I believe you could experiment with because it's very difficult to decide what to choose
from the very beginning. For me, I have a
very small journal that I bought in bulk. I have ten journals
that I'll buy at once and it'll last me
for a very long time. Initially, I was trying it
out with loose leaf papers, but it didn't feel
personal to me. But I got these journals, it just felt right
because they're all like these black journals
with a bunch of standardized
cream paper within. And it's something that
feels comfortable with me. I would like you to
choose a physical medium, experiment with the
different mediums, and when you find one that resonates with you,
you'll know it.
6. How to Choose Your Writing Instrument: Now we need a
writing instrument. Should we choose a
pencil or a pen? I would highly recommend you
choose a pen over a pencil. Because if there is the pencil, the thing with the pencil
is that we can always erase certain stuff from
firsthand experience. I've noticed that when I was writing a word
every now and then, I would zone off in la, la land. And then I'll mess up the word. And now I could just
erase it and fix it up. The thing with the pen is
that there are no do overs. If you messed up, then
you got to live with it. And if you messed up, you definitely don't want
to mess up again. Because in the future as you're reviewing back all
these different words, you've wrote like,
what the heck happened here without the do
over of the pen? What happens is
that we're way more mindful in writing
our word down. I would highly
recommend you choose a pen now for the
different types of pen, that's up to you, but I would
highly recommend a gel pen. The reason why is because
we're writing by hand, and when we're writing by hand, these micro muscles are
being engaged with our hand. We don't want too
much attention. Okay. With ballpoint pens. Every now and then there are tensions that are building
up within the arm. Within the forearm,
it'll go to the, if it goes to the arm,
it'll hit the neck. Eventually, if you
stick with it, your body would adjust. If you really like
ballpoint pens, you're saying, no, this
is my thing, go for it. There may be some initial
pain in the beginning, but your body will adjust. But if you don't want that pain too much
in the beginning, then the gel pen, it's very
smooth, there's less control. That also forces
you to focus more. You don't want to
let the looseness of the gel pen take you
out of your groove. Now your entire mind, body, intellect is with the task. I would recommend
you choose a pen. Whichever pen you choose
is really up to you.
7. How Long Should You Journal: How long should you do it? This, once again, is
something that is going to be based on your lifestyle. They will do it for
20 minutes a day. Other people, they will not stop until the entire
page is filled up. Whatever you do, I
highly recommend that you end up making it
consistent for the long run. If you're going to
do it once a week, then make sure you're consistently
doing it once a week. If you're going to
do it every day, then do it every day. If you're going to
do it every day and you're not going to
stop until the page is entirely covered with
your word, then you got it. Be consistent. The thing with this journaling
technique is that even though we're just
choosing one word, that's the main mantra that all these students
are going to be following. There's a certain personal
twist that we can add to it. We're up for grabs on what medium that we're going
to choose, the physical one. We're up for grabs on
which type of pen. We're going to
choose brand wise. We're up for grabs for how
long we want to do it. But the main thing to do is that whatever we choose we got
to be consistent with it. We can't just keep
hopping around. Otherwise, the one word journaling technique
loses its potency. Be consistent
consistency compounds and the more that it compounds, the more that your
concentration skills sharpen.
8. How to Deal with Boredom: Let's be real. Building
concentration skills is not always the funnest thing out there. But there's beauty to it. There's beauty to it because it doesn't matter how
wealthy you are, you can never purchase
concentration skills. It must be earned. Since we have to earn
it every now and then, it is going to get boring. I want to give you
some advice on how to deal with the
boredom that you may at times feel when doing the one word
journaling technique. The first thing I want you to understand is that the boredom, it's going to come and go as you're beginning your
journaling entry. What's going to happen is that initially you're starting
off very enthusiastic, you're going to be like, wow, I'm really doing this, huh? Then later on, it's just the same word over
and over again. And now you're feeling bored. When you're feeling bored,
don't just be like, okay, well the rest of the activity
is going to be boring. Emotions work like
roller coasters, it's very entertaining then. It's boring, it's very entertaining again then
it could be boring, and then it's
entertaining again. Stick through the entire
emotional rollercoaster. One of the reasons
a lot of people struggle with
concentration skills is because they struggle with going through the rollercoaster. They're always thinking
that something is going to be exciting
the entire time. The second that is boring,
they're like, well, it's time to quit this
journaling technique. It's going to build grit. One way that we build grit is by sticking with the
emotional roller coaster. That's one advice I want to give you in regards to the boredom,
it's going to come and go. The second advice that I
would like to give you is that every now and then you want to switch
your perspective. What's going to happen is
that at times you're just writing the full word and
it's going to be very quick. Other times I want you to
focus on one letter at a time. And focus on each dimension of that letter As
you're using your pen, touching it to the paper, and you're bringing that
one letter to life. This changes your
perspective from the whole word to the
individual letters. This is another way that
you'll fight boredom. Not kidding when I say this, but you'll lose a sense of time. It'll just feel as though
it's you and this word. There's different ways
to get excitement, especially as you're doing
this journaling technique. The first advice is that deal with the emotional
rollercoaster. And the second advice is be able to switch
your perspective from focusing on the whole word to focusing on the
individual letters.
9. Final Project: Congratulations for making
it to the end of the class. Now is the time for
the final project. For your final project,
you are going to try out the one word
journaling technique. Number one, choose
your word of choice. Number two, choose
your medium of choice. Number three, choose your
writing instrument of choice. Number four, write the word over and over again as
long as you want to. Once you are done with
your first ever entry, I want you to create a
report on your experience. What was it like?
If you would like, you could share the
word that you wrote. But I know a lot of people
like to keep this personal. No need to say exactly
what word you chose. But within the report,
I want you to explain. Was the word, did it have
any personal meaning to you? What about the process of
actually writing the word? Was your arm getting sore? Did you like the
medium that you chose? Get as detailed as
you possibly can. Because the more details that
you add onto this report, the more that you understand
whether or not you want the one word journaling technique to be a
part of your life. You'll feel a certain
type of way after your first ever entry and
that's when you can decide, is this something that I
want to be in, my lifestyle. Okay. Try it out for yourself. Create the report posted on the final project
section, right on below. If you enjoyed this
beginner's class on the one word
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