the "weird" thing I do nearly every morning

One thing I've realized as I've gotten older is that literally everyone is weird.

Everyone has some weird habit they do on a regular basis that, if anyone else were to see, would make them ask:

"What in the actual fuck are you doing?"

I have a lot of things like that.

I'll blame a big part of that on OCD -- which I have, btw. So I spend a decent amount of my time staring off into space.

I try to look like I'm coming up with the world's next great invention. But really...

I'm just trying to sort through the "thought soup" sloshing around in my brain.

And that brings me to my point:

One of the "weird" things I do is something that helps me make sense of what's going on in my head:

Journaling.

Journaling itself isn't weird. But I think the way that I begin my journals would definitely make someone say:

"Ummmm... are you okay?"

Because the first thing I write each time I journal is:

"Hey Me. How are you today?"

Often, I'll have a back-and-forth with myself where one "version" is the sane, mature, logical Me...

And the other is the emotional, immature, and not-so-logical Me.

I let these two "Me's" have a conversation and work things out.

The result is often clarity, peace, and a plan for the day ahead.

So if you don't already journal -- I'd highly recommend it.

Just set a timer for 10 minutes and tell yourself you're going to word vomit on the page until the timer goes off.

Or -- and this is what I've been doing lately -- set a word-count goal.

My goal is 750 words.

So each morning, before I start working, I'll do 750 words of journaling.

Sometimes I'll run out of things to write before I get to 750 words. So I end up writing things like:

"Well, I don't know what to talk about now and I need to write 89 more words, so I'm just gonna keep typing and see what happens..."

Lately, I've found that journaling isn't just good for making sense of what's going on in your head...

It's also good for making sense of what's going on in your business.

Got an email from a client that has you fuming out the ears?

Take 3 minutes and journal about what you're feeling and thinking before you respond.

Trying to come up with a headline for a sales page but getting nowhere?

Start journaling about how difficult it is and how all the headlines you've tried so far have been trash...

You'll find a good one sooner than you think.

All that to say:

Journaling is a powerful tool. Consider trying it out.