There is no doubt that emotions, thoughts and feelings can consume our days at the brain level, but do we know how to identify them? Are we aware of feelings? Here we tell you the importance of putting on paper what excites us.
Now that work hours govern your daily life and coming and going at home or even independence causes pressure in your life, it is worth stopping and reflecting on what has moved you up to this moment.
Taking advantage of free time to recognize the emotions that drive us in certain circumstances will allow us to release stress and remove any negative thoughts.
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What is the notebook of emotions?
an expert in cognitive stimulation and brain training, recommends in her latest book titled ‘Neurofitness’, the notebook of emotions as a tool “designed to remove everything that disturbs us”.
The emotions notebook is an emergency exit that we offer to our brain to let go of all negative thoughts that do not allow us to continue.
Ideally, you canUse the notebook every time you need to release something, so that your thoughts can downplay what was consuming your energy.
“We all have negative thoughts, feelings and emotions at some point. It is best not to leave them there; Get them out, whenever it is, make them free,” says Catalina Hoffman.
How to use an emotions notebook?
We can start by taking a white paper notebook and record daily how we feel or write down only those positive or negative thoughts-emotions that disturb our peace of mind.
You can also use the following practices that Hoffman points out:
- Always use the same color of pencil.
- Write right in the moment that you feel things.
- Capture what and how you feel things, not about the near future or the past but in the present. Don’t leave it for later.
- Don’t write dates, just write down what really comes to your mind. It may happen that a word, a drawing or a phrase comes to mind. You need to write on a full sheet of paper and that’s fine, as long as you signal to your brain that you can put thoughts and emotions on paper and forget them later.
- You can see it as a brain dump, into which you throw everything that is not allowing you to continue. Just like you do with the trash in your house, you won’t need to go back to it, Once you have gotten it out of your mind, what you wrote should not be read again.
- We live every moment of our life according to how we feel, even when we are not aware of it, so Get your mind used to writing what you feel and don’t leave anything there that could affect your activities.. Over time you will control your emotions and give space to new emotional learning.
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