Journaling

Introducing Goals: Connecting Your Daily Actions to Your Biggest Dreams

Introducing Goals: Connecting Your Daily Actions to Your Biggest Dreams

Do you ever feel like you’re working hard every day, but not necessarily getting closer to your biggest aspirations? It’s a common feeling: a frustrating gap between our daily to-do lists and the grand vision we have for our lives. We have dreams, but translating them into consistent, meaningful action is a challenge.

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Beyond the Graphs: How Activities Matter Can Truly Change Your Life

Beyond the Graphs: How Activities Matter Can Truly Change Your Life

You’ve probably tried it before. You bought a beautiful notebook or downloaded a sleek journaling app, determined to understand yourself better. For weeks, you diligently recorded your thoughts, tracked your moods, and logged your daily activities.

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Paper vs. App Journaling: Finding the Right Tool for Your Reflection

Paper vs. App Journaling: Finding the Right Tool for Your Reflection

For centuries, the simple act of putting pen to paper has been a powerful tool for self-discovery. The journal is a private sanctuary for our thoughts, fears, and dreams. Today, we stand at a crossroads, with the timeless tradition of paper journaling meeting the powerful capabilities of modern journaling apps.

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Struggling with Traditional Journaling? Here’s a More Structured Approach

Struggling with Traditional Journaling? Here’s a More Structured Approach

There’s a romantic ideal about journaling: sitting down with a beautiful notebook and pen, pouring out profound thoughts onto a crisp, blank page. But for many of us, the reality is staring at that same blank page, unsure of what to write. Even when we do manage to write something, our entries can feel like a disorganized collection of thoughts, making it difficult to extract any actionable insights.

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Your First Step to a Balanced Life: Understanding the Five Pillars in Activities Matter

Your First Step to a Balanced Life: Understanding the Five Pillars in Activities Matter

Do you ever feel like your life is lopsided and out of sync? It’s a common feeling in a world where we are constantly active, but not always in a way that feels truly fulfilled or purposeful. We often over-invest in one area, like our careers, at the expense of others, like our relationships or health.

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Welcome to the Activities Matter Blog: A Guide to a Life That Truly Matters

Welcome to the Activities Matter Blog: A Guide to a Life That Truly Matters

Hello and welcome! We are so excited to launch the official blog for Activities Matter. If you’re here, you’re likely someone who believes that life can be more than just a series of busy days. You aspire to live with intention, to understand yourself better, and to consciously build a life filled with purpose and fulfillment. That’s our mission, too, and it’s the very reason we created the Activities Matter app.

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