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Merry Christmas to all who is reading this.

When I first started out writing a blog, I completely understood that the point of a blog (at least in my mind) was to share and to share information and with that in mind this year over the Christmas period I want to do a crazy little series of hacks and tips that I have picked up to try and help me survive the madness that is modern day life.

Please don’t take this as an “I’ve got it right” type of thing, it is much more a “if only I could nail these systems, I would be getting closer to better”.

So through the next 12 days I am going to share some hacks and tips of things that have made me a bit happier or a bit healthier, or a little bit better over the past few years in the hope that they strike a chord or resonate with someone out there and help them.

If you do find that any of this is helpful or you have got a better idea then me, then please hit the comment button below or hit reply and it will come straight back to me and then the sharing continues in a circle.

All the best.

Writing a diary

The first thing that I wanted to talk about in this series of blogs was the benefits of writing a diary over time.

I have referenced the diary that I write to myself in this blog on many occasions, but in 2008, we had a terrible life event when I thought my Wife was seriously, seriously ill.

The day that I found out that we were concerned and that we had a huge problem after everyone went to bed I started to write a diary.

It is a password protected document hidden somewhere on some computer and it will almost certainly never be read by anybody else.

As I write this today, my diary document had 177 pages and 3256 paragraphs and almost 50,0000 words.

It makes, at times, dismal reading.

I go through phases of writing regularly and then months without writing, but the most important purpose of the diary is to be able to read it back, particularly during the tough times.

It gives me not only comfort, but inspiration that it is possible to survive times that I think are really desperate and shows me that there is almost always light the end of the tunnel.

New Year is a good time to think about these things and a good time to start. You can use word app or pages, or even an old diary with a lock, but for me the most important thing is that it is private and that nobody gets to see it and I know that it is safe so I can write what I think and what I want.

I think your diary becomes like a friend who doesn’t judge you and never talks back.

If you investigate diary writing, you will find that some of the most influential people that have ever lived have relied on the diary writing, perhaps to keep them sane, but also to make them better.

I hope that helps, part 2 will be tomorrow.

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