Frustrated writers sometimes keep a journal to write down their self-discovery, hoping someday, someone will take interest to publish them. Otherwise, at times when one is desperately lonely, writing on a journal will evaluate and track thoughts for self-correction.

Journaling your life can be a rewarding experience for you in understanding the consistency or fluctuation of your moods. Psychologists advice people to keep a journal of their thoughts so they can see for themselves any progress.

In addition, journal-writing gives you the opportunity to practice your grammar. Aside from providing yourself free lessons on writing, what are the other benefits of a journal?

Reduces stress - Journaling has a proven benefit of reducing stress. By journaling, you give yourself a powerful form of self-expression and through that expression, you gain clarity, release and relief. There are no "pressure deadlines." Journaling is something you can start today, stop tomorrow and pick up again next year. You can skip a day. It is your journal.

Setting goals and resolutions - You can actually see and better understand what you want, what is important to you and resolutions to support what you are thinking about.

Organizer - Journaling your goals and what you want to accomplish for the day, the month, the lifetime is an excellent tool to help you get those things done. You can create a personal checklist of "things to do."

Helps focus - Writing in a journal creates more personal awareness and therefore more focus on the issues that are important to you.

Can better understand and accept yourself and others - Whether you re-read your journal or not, you can gain benefits from writing down your story and your thoughts. You are writing about how you see and experience life.

Creates a good personal reminder - As you journal the times of your life, if you are still writing about the same things over and over, it can help support your idea of what is working in your life and what is not. You are creating a record and with that record in hand, it is easier to see patterns, changes and shifts.

A written scrapbookBecomes a treasured keepsake - A journal is a catalog of your memories. Over time your memories become an irreplaceable treasure that can be looked at years from now by you, or, if you wish, by others.

Records and tracks business, personal or financial information - A business journal can track appointments, meetings, finances or log data. A personal journal can be about dreams, family, health, diets, hobbies, travel, or any other topic you want to record and track.

Now that the breeze is reminding you of the coming of the season and the need to prepare gifts for your special someone and families, you might want to consider making a journal to ponder on the great gift that you can give. Perhaps you might want to share the goodness that a journaling can offer. Give them a piece of gift material that they could use to journal their cause.

For this season, what can a journal do for great gifts? Journals are great gifts for friends, family or to give yourself. With a journal, your loved ones can share the same journey with you. Be creative when giving journals as gifts. You can collect excerpts about your loved ones from your journal and put it in a book form then buy your loved one a new journal to copy your style. Whether you go to some malls or visit your favorite online stores, you can always obtain great gifts for this purpose and for special occasions.