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This is The Biggest Mistake New Journalers Make!

The Journaling Guy Podcast · Jul 6, 2026 · 10:08

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This is episode four of our New Journaling Foundations Series of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 4, Episode 4). Today, I talk about the Biggest Mistake New Journalers Make, and Why You Need to Stop Editing Yourself.

“If you’re filtering your journal… you’re filtering yourself.”

Have you started writing a text message, deleted it, written it again, deleted it again, and then finally sent something completely different? We've all done this and it proves my theory that we edit ourselves all the time, certainly more than we realise.

In today's episode, I'm asking you to stopp editing yourself and start being Brutally Honest.

THIS WEEK’S MISSION IS:

I’d like you to write one page beginning with these words: “What I really think is…”

Every time you feel yourself editing, start that sentence again. “What I really think is…”

If you'd like more detail around this method, and to understand how and why it works, pop over to The Journaling Guy Substack. There's you'll find some more audio. Plus:


This is all over on the Substack channel which you can find HERE.

The full link is here - https://substack.com/@thejournalingguy

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Do get in touch with any questions you have and of course your feedback is really important too. Email me - hello@thejournalingguy.com

Remember, there are loads more extras over on Substack for you, so you can really get into Journaling and begin to realise what a difference it can make to your life.

Please share this episode with someone who might need a bit of space to think. Plus, if you get a moment, please leave me a review, they matter so much for getting the podcast heard and seen.

As Always... "keep writing, keep noticing, and keep showing up for yourself", Matt.

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