Hi guys!

I’ve been using journaling for the past 7-8 months to calm my anxiety. I find that when my mind is just exploding with racing thoughts and I’m not able to calm down with my normal wind-down routine (breathing, no phone etc.) - journaling is that one thing that makes my mind shut up and I’m able to relax again.

It took me a few months to get the hang of it. When I was starting out, journaling felt so overwhelming because I didnt know What to journal or how to approach it. So I bought some journals that had the same questions every day that focuses on gratitude. It definitely made me more grateful, but that wasnt really my goal. And I got bored of answering the same questions every single day.

The best way to approach it turned out to be just journaling whatever was on my mind, and when I was struggling to find my thoughts, I would use a prompt from the internet like: «I feel the most calm when I...»
That really helped. 
Recipe = whatever on my mind/be inspired by a prompt. 

So for christmas presents this year, I want to gift my loved ones peace of mind. I am planning on making all my friends and family a journal that is like this:

- An introduction to journaling, and why it is effective at calming the mind, the science behind it, and famous people that journal (motivating them to try it out)

- 90 Pages for 90 days of journaling (including Different writing prompts for each day if your struggling with writing) 

- The prompts are all aimed towards calming the mind

Is there anything you would add to make the journal more effective at calming the mind?