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Use Your Journal to Overcome Fears and Make Big Decisions

30-Day Challenge — Finding Your Journaling Style — Day 25

Use Your Journal to Overcome Fears and Make Big Decisions

One of the biggest things that hold many people back in life is fear. Fear of the unknown, of making the wrong decision, or of failure are just some of the fears that can keep us from living our best life. Being afraid is natural. It’s also something you have the power to overcome. By examining, assessing, and evaluating your fears, you can start to understand what’s behind them and create a new narrative for yourself. What better place to do that than in your journal? Take a look below to discover how you can use your journal to overcome fears and make big decisions.

Benefits of Writing About Fears

There are several benefits to writing about your fears. First, you’ll get them out of your head where they’re no longer as powerful. That’s the first step to taking action and making a plan. Doing so will lessen the fear greatly. Writing about your fears can also give you some perspective. It allows you to see the issues more realistically. When fears stay bottled up, they can become much bigger and troublesome than they are in reality. Journaling about fear gives…