UrBestSelf The 6-Minute Diary (The Original) | Gratitude
UrBestSelf The 6-Minute Diary (The Original) | Gratitude Journal for Men & Women | Manifestation Journal | Daily Wellness Journal for More Mindfulness
| Weight: | 450 g |
| Dimensions: | 22 x 14.2 x 2.1 cm; 450 Grams |
| Brand: | UrBestSelf |
| Colour: | Moss Green |
| Pack Quantity: | 1 |
| Manufacture: | UrBestSelf |
| Dimensions: | 22 x 14.2 x 2.1 cm; 450 Grams |
| Quantity: | 1 |
This has been a game changer for me. Self reflection is essential to self improvement and this has created a positive base for that. Having used it for several months, I recommend it to everyone. The answers to your best self are internal and this helps you reach there. What more do you want?
I love the idea of this and have used it daily since I got it.
Starting the day really thinking about gratitude and how you are going to make the most of the day starts you off so well.
I found myself sometimes struggling with the same daily questions and coming up with new things each day but then it really gets you thinking. One of the points is ‘your good deed for the day’ and I have found myself consciously doing something good that day for someone which shows the book is doing its job.
I would recommend but also think this is a lovely present. I bought one for my mum who is loving it.
There is a hefty bit of reading at the beginning which I have seen some people review as a negative but I loved reading this bit!
I was looking for an appointment diary & ordered this by mistake. This is a journal in which u are invited to write your daily thoughts in. It has no days or dates in it. The book is off high quality paper & attractive. I gifted it to my fianc who thinks it will be quite good to use. He hasn’t started using it yet.
If you are a fan of doing the same stuff over and over again (it can be good for habit-building) it might be for you. I got frustrated after a few weeks, and as much as I tried to find little things to be grateful for or good things that happened at some point I just run out of ideas. It’s very nicely presented and great for a gift, but I think it’s a bit expensive for what it is.
I love The Miracle Morning – I will continue to use it and to recommend it every time I can, because I know how good it is.
But The 6-Minute Diary is in a different plane — deeper, wiser, more inspiring and revealing. The prompts are so well thought-out that in just the space of a week I have made two discoveries that completely reframed important aspects of my productivity and my relationships. The 6-Minute Diary is also much more pleasant to work with -and to look at- than The Miracle Morning — much as I love it, The Miracle Morning has all the charms of an accountant’s spread sheet (and they haven’t bothered to improve the layout in years) whereas The 6-Minute Diary has been crafted and designed with an artist’s sensibility. Am I being superficial by pointing out such things? I don’t think so. This is a tool you will be using every single good or bad, happy or sad day of the year, so it only helps that it is a beauty to open and look at. I know the beautiful pages make me more thoughtful and considerate when I write in themi.e. they nudge me to think harder before I spoil their pristine surface. Is it only me? If you had to scribble a note, however short and simple, would it make any difference if you were writing on the corner of the back page of yesterday’s newspaper or on a sheet of lovingly prepared vellum? This is what I mean — you’d force yourself to think a bit deeper before you spoiled the page. And that only helps when reflection is the whole point of the exercise.
I have read hundreds of Self-Help books, and taken too many courses. I have certificates on NLP, Mindfulness and Erikssonian Hypnosis, read and written extensively on Psychoanalisis, Theory of Knowledge and CBT. And this is why I can say that the 64-page introductory section that Dominik Spenst has prepared for The 6-Minute Diary –which you could skip, but I would urge you to read attentively- is the briefest, more engagingly written and scientifically supported introduction to the topics of Positive Psychology, Habits and Self-Reflection anywhere. I was already impressed by this when a few days after I bought the Diary, Mr Spenst sent me via email a very pretty and useful pdf titled The Golden Morning Routine, which he personally sends to all customers, and which comprises five scientific arguments for the beneficial effect of a morning routine, as well as examples of the morning routines of 25 successful people, from politicians and other pop stars to Marcus Aurelius, Stephen Covey and Immanuel Kant.
The 6-Minute Diary promises to be “a priceless journey into the most exciting and emotional realms of your own memory” and to allow you to “follow the footsteps of your personal evolution”(p.15). I believe it will deliver. Having only used it for a week, I’m already looking forward to more discoveries with The 6-Minute Diary as my companion.