Journaling is a powerful tool for reflection and growth. Learn more about its many benefits in this mindful moment.

There are no hard and fast rules for how to journal, or even why to do it, but here are a few reasons you should consider trying your hand at putting pen to paper.

Of all literary genres, the diary is the least read and most uninteresting, with possible exception of Wilde or Anais Nin. A nutrition label on a loaf of pumpernickel is more exciting. So if no one is going to read your diary -- and really, you don't want them to -- then, why write at all?

It may not seem as if you are moving forward, in real time. But journaling in this way is kind of like time-lapse photography -- in one or two or three months, you'll be able to step back, look at the big picture, and see how you really are moving on.