How to Journal Like a Stoic (GUIDE)

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I've been journaling for the past 12 years and it was Stoics who helped me to get into journaling. In this video I share some tips on how you can apply Stoic techniques that will help you to build mental resilince.
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Time Stamps
0:00 Purpose of Journaling
1:25 Where to Start
2:44 Epictetus
3:50 Seneca
4:51 Marcus Aurelius
7:11 My favourite Journals

[@VashikArmenikus]

Hello friends 👋 Thank you all for watching this video! I am so glad that it was helpful to many of you! I thought it would be unfair not to mention about 'side-effects' that journaling can have. Journaling can increase your anxiety and force you to lose your focus, if Stoic principles are not applied correctly. For this reason I have made another video on 'side-effects' of journaling and how to fix them. You can find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHuroqiHYthpoNk Hope you will find it helpful :)

[@kangakid5984]

Thank you I have started today and written down reflections on your video as my first summary. :)

[@raminielvira4742]

Thank you for sharing. Very helpful!

[@parshantparveen6822]

Great video! Thank you for putting this together and keep doing what you're doing!

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you so much Parshant! It makes me so happy to read comments like this! :)

[@aliyahfarooqi4119]

Great work! I hope you bring more stuff like this, this was really intuitive, thanks for that

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you so much Aliyah! I definitely will! I actually released a new video on journaling just an hour ago. Have a look here, if you're interested kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHuroqiHYthpoNk :)

[@guillermoarvizu1723]

Great video, I like the passion to put in every phrase you say

[@thesarangflair3412]

Informative 📚, these are the sort of videos that I want and the ones I tend to miss in youtube. Love the way you put together your thoughts and present it. Looking forward for more, brother. ☕🤍

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you so much man! :)

[@martinnielsen5805]

Today I actually wrote in my journal for the very first time. Mostly just my own philosofy, but now I have begun.

[@VashikArmenikus]

Congratulations Martin! It was one the best journeys that I personally embarked on and I wish you the same! Good luck

[@leeno2214]

You have no idea how helpful this video was. So grateful!

[@VashikArmenikus]

You're so welcome!

[@Camilledg89]

Very great tips, thanks Vashik 🙏🏻 I’m glad I just watched this because considering the journey I just started, I gonna need to upgrade my journaling game, big time!!

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you so much Satie! I love your videos as well! I hope you will reach your goal soon!

[@judithjscott]

This is a very well-thought-out video. I found it very helpful. Thank you.

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you Judith for your lovely comment :)

[@bluesun2001]

Beautifully made video and very helpful advice - thank you.

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you for your lovely comment! :)

[@juliaronconi3801]

this video helped me a lot! 💖 thank u so much!

[@VashikArmenikus]

I am so glad it helped Julia! A new video is coming on Stocisim, Epicureanism and Scepticism and how they can help! Hope it will be helpful to you as well! :)

[@crind1952]

Nice Video!! Because of your explanations I finally can start to journal. Thank you!!!

[@VashikArmenikus]

I am glad this was useful! Let me know if you have any questions!

[@catherineguindon3031]

Thank you so much for your videos that I’ve just begin to discover. I was looking for tips to journaling and I found your channel. And the odds are that I’m interested a lot by stoicism as well. But, I never thought to relate those two topics! So thanks again for your interesting videos! (Sorry for my English, I’m a francophone from Montreal…)

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you Catherine for your lovely comment ! I am so glad that my videos are useful and helpful to you! If you need any more help or advice let me know :) your English is perfect and certainly better than my French!

[@linnh940]

Loved this video! I’ve been doing journaling the “wrong” way in my opinion and so i wrote down this guide and i’m putting it into practice tomorrow ! Thankyou so much ❤

[@VashikArmenikus]

I'm so glad this video was helpful! Let me know if there is any other I can help you with journaling. :)

[@giampaolozanetello5064]

You inspired me a lot. Thank you very much.

[@VashikArmenikus]

I'm so glad! Thank you for your kind comment Giampaolo!

[@ajayraho]

I am starting this from tomorrow!

[@swanandbuva1524]

Well made video, great content in just 8 minutes!

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you! :) Trying my best at being precise and concise :)

[@franciscocentavo6440]

Great video, thanks for the tips :D

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you ❤️

[@304lifenotes]

Thanks for this helpful guide!

[@VashikArmenikus]

You're very welcome. :) I am glad this was helpful, let me know if you would like me to explore some other aspects of journaling :)

[@KG-dn4xh]

INSPIRING!

[@Patrickmax007]

Okay bro that is called way to describe teaching you have great keep it up 🤗

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you jatin! :)

[@fp1517]

Thanks a lot for this amazing video. This is one of the few vids that where actually really insightful, so many other people just talk for 10 min but I learned literally nothing. But this video is different.

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you so much! I am so glad that this video was helpful!! Let me know if there are other parts of journaling you would like me to expand on.

[@fp1517]

@@VashikArmenikus thanks for the reply. You already created so many great videos. Been watching them while trying to implement. But maybe something a bit more mainstream to get some views and gain some traction that more people become aware of the amazing contecnt you're producing?

[@VashikArmenikus]

@@fp1517 That's a good point! Any ideas?

[@hideoklein8210]

Wow such a good quality video. I really love the background filled with books and also the information that you talk about, it's complete and simple at the same time. Don't give up yet brother

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thanks so much! Let me know what sorts of videos you would love me to make more! ❤️📸

[@Jets1713]

WHAT? YOU ONLY GOT A FEW HUNDRED SUBS! WHAT A CRIME! Loved your video. Got me to journal correctly as a stoic.

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you so much for your kind words! It is so inspiring to see comments like this and to know that I am helping! I hope KZbin's algorithm will assist me in the future :)

[@Nemo59646]

Thank you!

[@VashikArmenikus]

You're welcome! :)

[@Candyberrie]

Nice video..thank you🙏🏽

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you so much Lauryn! :)

[@thebusinessfirm9862]

Grazie per questo video. Molto bravo.

[@VashikArmenikus]

prego, sono felice che ti sia piaciuto!

[@rene.rodriguez]

Nice to find your channel, Vashik. I enjoyed the video and subscribed.

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you so much René! It's incredibly motivating to see that you found it helpful! Let me know if you need any more advice on journaling. Will be happy to help!

[@rene.rodriguez]

@@VashikArmenikus incredibly nice, thank you. Will do.

[@Ashley-hp2vn]

I've been journaling for many years, It helps me to organize my thoughts and am always looking for different methods as well. Your videos are very good. As Seneca says 'We suffer in our imagination than in reality' is very true, so we can train to change our imagination in positive way, but you mentioned in one of your video, something like- that you don't find very good to imagine the future in positive way, which I couldn't understand that. As I recently watched many videos about 'vision-file', which I think- is quite good to work on our imagination.

[@VashikArmenikus]

As Seth Godin said: 'You can be confident that your lottery ticket is going to win tonight. But your positive attitude is not going to influence the outcome of the game in anyway.' The purpose of journaling and visualisation techniques is to make you more rational and calm so you could leave the binary perception of life as good or bad, positive or negative. The best 'positive' way of journaling is to keep a 'gratitude journal'. Sounds cheesy, but when you write what you're grateful for you're also training your brain to notice good things that you ignore because you take them as a given. Gratitude journaling helps you to notice things that already exist in your life, instead of imagining 'good positive things' in the future that do not yet exist. This was a long comment 😀 Sorry! Hope it helps! Let me know if you would like me to make a video on this!

[@Ashley-hp2vn]

@@VashikArmenikus Thanks for yr response, yes, I do believe that gratitude journal can help to gain positive view, I've tried it for a while, but I'd feeling like doing some homework, maybe I don't know exactly, how to do, I'll appreciate yr tipps about it🙋

[@johnnyboy2674]

I find this video informative and revisit it occasionally

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you Johny! :)

[@pratikrajsah]

loved it

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you Pratik!!

[@billmcculley9502]

Good video. Thanks

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you Bill 😊

[@kevinpatel6602]

-Begin your day in morning with reflecting upon yesterday (on how you spent yesterday) -how you preferred to spent yesterday -try to writtle down things which gives you anxiety (try to be precise and short) (we suffer more in imagination then reality) -put your principles into words(what you want to become,what you believe your values)

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you for his summary ! :)

[@fifiantoine3622]

Hello vashik..just came across your content..nvery nice...good research too👌👍🔥

[@VashikArmenikus]

Hello Fifi, Thank you for your kind words! :)

[@johnnyboy2674]

Excellent video. Thank you for sharing. I have saved this to use as a reference tool. I have one question, what person do people write journals in?

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you for your kind comment! And a great question. I write from the first person. 'I am thinking... I enjoyed reading this...' , sometimes I write from the third person perspective when I need to look at life from a bird's eye view. :) I try not to write in 'You'... " You need to be better... You need to focus..' Because it may sound accusatory to yourself we often use 'You' to put a blame on someone. So better to avoid it. Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions!

[@johnnyboy2674]

@@VashikArmenikus Thank you so much

[@yous717]

とても素晴らしい動画をありがとうございます。あなたの英語はとても聞きやすいです。ストア派の哲学者にも興味があります。

[@VashikArmenikus]

Thank you so much for your kind comment! For a small channel like mine, it's very motivating! Hope this advice will help you :)

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

I've been journalling since I was about 8 years old and I still do it. Thank you for this wonderful video!

[@VashikArmenikus]

Wow, you have been journaling longer than me! What tips would you share to those who are in the beginning of their journey?

[@ProseAndPetticoats]

@@VashikArmenikus I'd say start with a journal that isn't too beautiful, because it's always scary to start that first page (especially when it's a beautiful notebook) :D it also helps to watch how other people journal. I think that's very inspiring :)

[@edison902]

Please, tell us more about your journaling. Edison, Brazil

[@ajmodesto]

Great video, been journaling for two years now. What’s the song at 1:30?

[@VashikArmenikus]

Hello! Thank you for your kind words about the video, and I am so glad you're journaling for that long! The piece at 1:30 is Claude Debussy's Claire de Lune. Enjoy!

[@harsshsingh]

Loved this video. And what made a huge impact on me is the comment ... Articulate who you want to become. Thank you so much for this... Can you please tell me the name of the first artist you mentioned whose journal you loved. I couldn't figure out who it was?

[@VashikArmenikus]

Hello! Thank you so much for your kind words! I am so glad this was useful to you. Here's the artist Eugene Delacroix, his diaries are wonderful. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix

[@johnorr8094]

What person tense should be used in writing journal entries? In technical writing, for example, the writer should let the "paper" do the talking, not the writer. We were instructed not to use 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'they' etc. Can the same approach be employed in journal writing? A journal entry that uses the first person tense 'I' gives me the impression that the journal is the one to experience whatever event being entered in the journal. I wrote entries in the first person in my other journal, and I guess it can be confusing. Alternatively, if I was writing journal entries in letter form, I might use any of those tenses. I might not do the same in a stoic style journal entry.

[@VashikArmenikus]

Stoics would use 'You'. Marcus Aurelius, for example, wrote his Meditations using 'You'. If you feel uncomfortable with it, try writing in a letter form the way Seneca did. Maybe draw some inspiration from him. Letter form might help you to articulate what you're struggling with, without sliding into meaningless criticism that 'you' can often lead to. Here's a good translation of Seneca's letters if you would like to draw inspiration from him: amzn.to/3Utytq4

[@sal8082]

Hi man... Great video. About stoicism, do You practice negative visualization? Its a safe practice to do? (Because its a Little bit in contrast with the self help i think, everyone Tells You to do positive visualization!)

[@VashikArmenikus]

Hi Sal! Great question and in fact I am working on a video about cases when one shouldn't journal. Negative visualization is not recommended if you are prone to anxiety or if you are undergoing stressful moments in your life. Since I am not an expert in this I would recommend you to listen to my interview with Donald Robertson who is cognitive behaviour psychotherapist. I think around 60% into interview he mentions circumstances when he doesn't recommend negative visualization and even journaling to his patients. Here is the link to the interview: artidote.uk/episodes/donaldrobertson Hope this helps! Vashik

[@sal8082]

@@VashikArmenikus ehy man, thanks too much:)

[@fragstudio5668]

Which notebooks do you use?

[@VashikArmenikus]

I use this series: amzn.to/3F3E7t1 It's better quality of paper than Moleskine notebooks use. Especially if you use fountain pens. 🖌

[@anaarbre]

🙏🏼

[@hzxci1158]

0:10 is this a series of books?

[@hzxci1158]

the black books in the background

[@VashikArmenikus]

@@hzxci1158 Hello! It's the series of classical books published by Penguin. Ranging from Sophocles to Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. You can see full list of their classics here: www.penguin.co.uk/brands/PenguinClassicsCompleteList.html?redirect=false&sort=classicsYearPublish&classicsSeries=Penguin+Classics&classicsSeries=Penguin+Modern+Classics Hope this helps!

[@hzxci1158]

@@VashikArmenikus Thanks! Just found your channel and really like the quality of videos you produce. Keep going!

[@VashikArmenikus]

@@hzxci1158 Thank you so much for your kind words! It really keeps me going when I see that my videos resonate! :)

[@Alberts_Stuff]

I don't want anyone to read journals when I'm dead, what do I do about that? I guess I could write in my will that I would like them all burnt upon my death?

[@VashikArmenikus]

I guess you're right :) You can write in your will, or burn before you die. In my case, I would be quite excited if anyone would bother to read mine :)

[@michael7324]

I'm basically a moron. I have nothing to say....

[@VashikArmenikus]

Hello Michael! Why so? Don't be too harsh on yourself. I had nothing to say either. Let me know if I can help you anyhow with journaling

[@michael7324]

@@VashikArmenikus Thank you very much. That is very kind.

[@DD-po2hh]

For me it’s because I can never see the importance in these things. Sometimes it’s just mundane.