hi everyone my name is Morgan and today
I’m here to share with you a little
habit of mine that I really enjoy and I
hope that at the end of my talk you
might want to introduce this habit into
your own life as well so I feel like
living in such a fast-paced society I
can’t believe it’s my turn to talk
and living in such a fast-paced society
there’s always so much work to do but so
little time you know that one magical
Sunday night when you news off to bed
feeling like all the forces of the gas
we have filed off the chest because you
finally completed every single scrap of
homework until next morning you walk
into all your classes and then boom boom
boom a world history worksheet to to
give these presentations due next Monday
your story and then at night when you’re
walking to your room completing
everything mentioned before you have
your mom calling in to do chores and you
feel like you don’t have time for any of
this because why because simultaneously
we got a deal with a daunting thing of a
four-letter word it’s called like the
more we grow up the more changes and we
experience and we’re more likely to run
into some problem
that’s pretty obvious you know the
further along the way the more those
life throws at you so how do we cope and
actually deal with the many challenges
we face in their daily lives there’s
something I started doing two years ago
it’s easy enjoyable and it only requires
two very simple thing
a pen and notebook I journal this is my
journal by the way
and today I’m going to share with you
the reason where I believe everyone to
keep a journal I’m going to do this by
sharing with you a low story but first I
want to clear a misconception because
you know the other day I was talking to
my friend I was telling her hey I’m
doing a TED talk on journaling and she
went like oh you mean a diary Horner a
journal and she was like book Diaries
journals tomato tomahto so I realized
that not a lot of people know the
differences between journals and Diaries
so I’m going to break it down for you
journals are way more personal than a
diary because when you write a diary you
write about the things you did that day
but for the journal
you might also write about thoughts or
feelings your personal problems so
hopefully I’ve already up with a pure
barrier between journals and Diaries so
I’m going to go ahead and tell you the
reason why everyone to keep a journal
and I’m going to do this by showing you
a story so these are my parents with my
little brother
some couple months ago at the dinner
table my parents told me we were invited
to a house party that one of our
relatives were hosting and just like
every single time something like this
happens man media response
the news was cannot go now my parents
knowing me for 14 years of my life
and having to put up with this so many
times they lost count way too familiar
with my lack of interest so upon hearing
those words of my dad just lay down his
top you know the way all Asian parents
tell their kids I’m pissed
and what is that next wasn’t another
lecture and why it’s why it’s
disrespectful not to show up at a
reunion like that why I wouldn’t be such
a grump if I actually spent more time
outside and socialize with other people
why is that next with a question now for
some reason I’ve never thought about he
asked me Morgan do you know why you
never liked going to be parties and I
definitely had the right answer prim I’d
open my mouth but I had no idea
I just knew clearly and did not want to
go and that was it
I felt very alone in my situation and
that something was terribly wrong with
me because who have been like going to a
party where you can get free food that’s
me all your awesome cousins again so
that night I locked my bedroom door
behind me and I poured my feeling that’s
my journal
what happened what happened was after
writing that very first line we’re
invited to a house party and I don’t
want to go got me thinking I remembered
everything
that bother me at those tasks parties I
remember that the brows meet nervous
the food was way way too spicy and a
relative’s know my relatives are really
conservative and traditional comments
would give me salted so correct
etiquette and manners are very important
to them but it’s very pressing for me so
I’ve rolled it down in my journal and
for some reason I felt a little bit more
relaxed this is because when stepped out
our Maya feels like a jumble not of
irrational thought remember how before I
was furious at myself for being so weird
well after I listed out the three
reasons why I didn’t like going to
parties I realized her that there were
actually logical reasons my problem
so crazy for the first reason why
everyone should keep a journal is that
helps describe writing about what’s
stressing you out helps you identify the
roots of your problems so when a problem
is broken down you’re more likely to
feel more laughs and actually maybe come
up with a real solution if you’re lucky
I can’t really fix my problem because I
still have social anxiety I’m very
nervous right now and I still can’t use
my embarrassing yeah so you know people
do all kinds of cool stuff to these best
my mom when she’s best she goes window
shopping doesn’t look like I shouldn’t
pull something and I find Jolie she
drives comics that’s really cool after I
after I journal I just sit and stare at
random objects for fifteen minutes and I
think about life after completing my
entries I learned a few things about
myself that a I’m this type of introvert
who gets anxious in social events and
these I get hangry
you know hungry and angry when we
journal we realize how our problems
affect us why we sometimes do what we do
and feel what we feel
over time what this does that helps us
become more self-aware I believe after
many years of interacting with other
people I believe that there are three
versions the person that you are first
the person that other people see person
that you see yourself also the person
that the person that you actually are
you might think you know yourself but
you can be completely fine being
self-aware gives you three things first
when you know your faults and your
weaknesses you know how to have
self-improvement
that’s very useful second when you know
your needs for habits and your desires
you’re very likely to make decisions not
good for you because you know what
you’re used to and what you truly want
and third I find this one very
interesting because when you keep a
journal grow very likely to look back on
the old stuff you wrote it realize how
stupid you were when you were small but
the other day I was I was writing my
journal I was writing my journal and
just for fun I was flipping back to the
older entries I wrote in seventh grade
and I stumbled upon this very particular
and see that I don’t even remember
writing about and if I read it to you
it’s going to be very weird but what is
weird
so started out something like for once
was a box we’re a family dad Texas after
it’s very weird so I look back on the
older entries that we wrote we discover
it’s like a reminder of this person that
we used to be it’s very interesting
because you realize how much you change
over the years
never me to share with you the third
season why everyone to keep a journal
and we’ll actually rewind how do I get
to this point I came to my journal
because I wanted to rant and usually
that’s the first reason what people keep
services shrimp and know how I didn’t
text what my friends we all know that
one person who can’t keep their mouth
shut and a and the story of how you
discover this about them probably went a
little something like this
you come up to them and tell them
something clearly confidential like for
example hey there’s a stoic guy in my
class and we go tell your name you’re
gonna comments not to tell anyone okay
you’re gonna be like oh yeah course I’m
gonna
and I wouldn’t do that yeah right so
this is where your journal comes handy
everyone no matter who you are I know
have some in stock pots or secrets
buried inside of you but a lot of people
like to rent Rams
it’s human nature a lot of people like
the man so how do we deal
how do we deal with this well your
journal can come in handy because your
journal won’t office for journal won’t
tattled health and so after two years of
journaling my journal has become a very
close and trusty friend of mine that I
can actually confide anything to I
really enjoy it and despite this
experience I recommend you to actually
named or journals without query so a lot
of people a lot of people solves our
empties with hi Journal dear journal I
start mine off with hi Sally and that’s
why I have Sally over I can remind me
I don’t see why you don’t want to start
a journal by now but you still don’t I
might know what probably is the reason
so journals can be very personal so a
lot of time a lot of people are scared
of others reading their journals it’s
the nightmare for me so that’s the case
then then you should use this website I
sometimes use called tenzou calm and
don’t worry this talk is not sponsored
by 10v well I just really like pens ooh
or if you prefer the old fashioned way
of writing down your socks like myself
then your best bet is to write very ugly
and don’t even feel bad about that this
are our Asian parents wants to become
doctors anyway so it’s good to get to
really have my trick I really appreciate
you all all of you for coming here and
listening to my talk since the beginning
and and especially I want to thank you
mr. Bendix earlier mr. vending
surrending my coach for making this a
reality that I actually had the
confidence to step up here and talk to
you guys everybody has their own way to
de-stress my way is journaling and I
hope that after today you might be able
to pick up a journal I’m writing a few
things down and say hey my way of these
drastic is journaling to tonight when I
go home I will definitely I would
definitely wise about my experience
meeting all of you in my journal thank
you
[Applause]
[Music] you
I’m here to share with you a little
habit of mine that I really enjoy and I
hope that at the end of my talk you
might want to introduce this habit into
your own life as well so I feel like
living in such a fast-paced society I
can’t believe it’s my turn to talk
and living in such a fast-paced society
there’s always so much work to do but so
little time you know that one magical
Sunday night when you news off to bed
feeling like all the forces of the gas
we have filed off the chest because you
finally completed every single scrap of
homework until next morning you walk
into all your classes and then boom boom
boom a world history worksheet to to
give these presentations due next Monday
your story and then at night when you’re
walking to your room completing
everything mentioned before you have
your mom calling in to do chores and you
feel like you don’t have time for any of
this because why because simultaneously
we got a deal with a daunting thing of a
four-letter word it’s called like the
more we grow up the more changes and we
experience and we’re more likely to run
into some problem
that’s pretty obvious you know the
further along the way the more those
life throws at you so how do we cope and
actually deal with the many challenges
we face in their daily lives there’s
something I started doing two years ago
it’s easy enjoyable and it only requires
two very simple thing
a pen and notebook I journal this is my
journal by the way
and today I’m going to share with you
the reason where I believe everyone to
keep a journal I’m going to do this by
sharing with you a low story but first I
want to clear a misconception because
you know the other day I was talking to
my friend I was telling her hey I’m
doing a TED talk on journaling and she
went like oh you mean a diary Horner a
journal and she was like book Diaries
journals tomato tomahto so I realized
that not a lot of people know the
differences between journals and Diaries
so I’m going to break it down for you
journals are way more personal than a
diary because when you write a diary you
write about the things you did that day
but for the journal
you might also write about thoughts or
feelings your personal problems so
hopefully I’ve already up with a pure
barrier between journals and Diaries so
I’m going to go ahead and tell you the
reason why everyone to keep a journal
and I’m going to do this by showing you
a story so these are my parents with my
little brother
some couple months ago at the dinner
table my parents told me we were invited
to a house party that one of our
relatives were hosting and just like
every single time something like this
happens man media response
the news was cannot go now my parents
knowing me for 14 years of my life
and having to put up with this so many
times they lost count way too familiar
with my lack of interest so upon hearing
those words of my dad just lay down his
top you know the way all Asian parents
tell their kids I’m pissed
and what is that next wasn’t another
lecture and why it’s why it’s
disrespectful not to show up at a
reunion like that why I wouldn’t be such
a grump if I actually spent more time
outside and socialize with other people
why is that next with a question now for
some reason I’ve never thought about he
asked me Morgan do you know why you
never liked going to be parties and I
definitely had the right answer prim I’d
open my mouth but I had no idea
I just knew clearly and did not want to
go and that was it
I felt very alone in my situation and
that something was terribly wrong with
me because who have been like going to a
party where you can get free food that’s
me all your awesome cousins again so
that night I locked my bedroom door
behind me and I poured my feeling that’s
my journal
what happened what happened was after
writing that very first line we’re
invited to a house party and I don’t
want to go got me thinking I remembered
everything
that bother me at those tasks parties I
remember that the brows meet nervous
the food was way way too spicy and a
relative’s know my relatives are really
conservative and traditional comments
would give me salted so correct
etiquette and manners are very important
to them but it’s very pressing for me so
I’ve rolled it down in my journal and
for some reason I felt a little bit more
relaxed this is because when stepped out
our Maya feels like a jumble not of
irrational thought remember how before I
was furious at myself for being so weird
well after I listed out the three
reasons why I didn’t like going to
parties I realized her that there were
actually logical reasons my problem
so crazy for the first reason why
everyone should keep a journal is that
helps describe writing about what’s
stressing you out helps you identify the
roots of your problems so when a problem
is broken down you’re more likely to
feel more laughs and actually maybe come
up with a real solution if you’re lucky
I can’t really fix my problem because I
still have social anxiety I’m very
nervous right now and I still can’t use
my embarrassing yeah so you know people
do all kinds of cool stuff to these best
my mom when she’s best she goes window
shopping doesn’t look like I shouldn’t
pull something and I find Jolie she
drives comics that’s really cool after I
after I journal I just sit and stare at
random objects for fifteen minutes and I
think about life after completing my
entries I learned a few things about
myself that a I’m this type of introvert
who gets anxious in social events and
these I get hangry
you know hungry and angry when we
journal we realize how our problems
affect us why we sometimes do what we do
and feel what we feel
over time what this does that helps us
become more self-aware I believe after
many years of interacting with other
people I believe that there are three
versions the person that you are first
the person that other people see person
that you see yourself also the person
that the person that you actually are
you might think you know yourself but
you can be completely fine being
self-aware gives you three things first
when you know your faults and your
weaknesses you know how to have
self-improvement
that’s very useful second when you know
your needs for habits and your desires
you’re very likely to make decisions not
good for you because you know what
you’re used to and what you truly want
and third I find this one very
interesting because when you keep a
journal grow very likely to look back on
the old stuff you wrote it realize how
stupid you were when you were small but
the other day I was I was writing my
journal I was writing my journal and
just for fun I was flipping back to the
older entries I wrote in seventh grade
and I stumbled upon this very particular
and see that I don’t even remember
writing about and if I read it to you
it’s going to be very weird but what is
weird
so started out something like for once
was a box we’re a family dad Texas after
it’s very weird so I look back on the
older entries that we wrote we discover
it’s like a reminder of this person that
we used to be it’s very interesting
because you realize how much you change
over the years
never me to share with you the third
season why everyone to keep a journal
and we’ll actually rewind how do I get
to this point I came to my journal
because I wanted to rant and usually
that’s the first reason what people keep
services shrimp and know how I didn’t
text what my friends we all know that
one person who can’t keep their mouth
shut and a and the story of how you
discover this about them probably went a
little something like this
you come up to them and tell them
something clearly confidential like for
example hey there’s a stoic guy in my
class and we go tell your name you’re
gonna comments not to tell anyone okay
you’re gonna be like oh yeah course I’m
gonna
and I wouldn’t do that yeah right so
this is where your journal comes handy
everyone no matter who you are I know
have some in stock pots or secrets
buried inside of you but a lot of people
like to rent Rams
it’s human nature a lot of people like
the man so how do we deal
how do we deal with this well your
journal can come in handy because your
journal won’t office for journal won’t
tattled health and so after two years of
journaling my journal has become a very
close and trusty friend of mine that I
can actually confide anything to I
really enjoy it and despite this
experience I recommend you to actually
named or journals without query so a lot
of people a lot of people solves our
empties with hi Journal dear journal I
start mine off with hi Sally and that’s
why I have Sally over I can remind me
I don’t see why you don’t want to start
a journal by now but you still don’t I
might know what probably is the reason
so journals can be very personal so a
lot of time a lot of people are scared
of others reading their journals it’s
the nightmare for me so that’s the case
then then you should use this website I
sometimes use called tenzou calm and
don’t worry this talk is not sponsored
by 10v well I just really like pens ooh
or if you prefer the old fashioned way
of writing down your socks like myself
then your best bet is to write very ugly
and don’t even feel bad about that this
are our Asian parents wants to become
doctors anyway so it’s good to get to
really have my trick I really appreciate
you all all of you for coming here and
listening to my talk since the beginning
and and especially I want to thank you
mr. Bendix earlier mr. vending
surrending my coach for making this a
reality that I actually had the
confidence to step up here and talk to
you guys everybody has their own way to
de-stress my way is journaling and I
hope that after today you might be able
to pick up a journal I’m writing a few
things down and say hey my way of these
drastic is journaling to tonight when I
go home I will definitely I would
definitely wise about my experience
meeting all of you in my journal thank
you
[Applause]
[Music] you
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