Diary Writing as a tool of development

                      Diary Writing as a tool of development

               Writing a diary is actually painstaking task for everybody. It is too difficult to acquire. It takes a lot of effort to mastery over it. In spite of these , either the teacher or student can take a challenge of it. They both can start working upon diary writing. Initial they will have difficulties to start it ,but once they are ready to work upon it. Then they will become habituated to write daily. They can set duration for it, as it has a variation of school , classroom and personal diary etc. so they can devote 12 day to each of them and see the development in their personal and professional life.

            Psychologically it is said that the writing diary can release your pent up emotion and make your mood positive as well as stress free. It is a tool of development. It consists of personal , professional , mental and spiritual. So it is a kind of self-discovery. The person can discover unending resources. He can utilize these resources for self and professional development. Hence it gives a lot of benefits. It makes the person to stabilize in his work.

                    Diary writing can be following types:

1)      school diary

2)      classroom diary

3)      personal diary

1)      School diary: It is for 12 days and needs to be maintained it regularly. That is compulsory. It takes place during school hours. The teacher has to focus upon activities of school. In which he needs to observe everyone and everything from beginning to leaving time. He has to keep his diary with him and writes whatever he feels something important. He can do it immediately. Sometime he can note down other’s experience how they feel at school and why they like to come school. He has to look at the students and observe  how they spend day at school. He needs to look around at what is happening. That can help him in diary writing.

He should look for purpose why that happens. He needs to think of purpose by asking himself, why it is happening. Then it leads him to the discovery level. It is surely that he can search some invaluable objectives. This activity compels him to think beyond school and takes him through the process of thinking, imagination and observation. It clears his doubts and difficulties.

          Slowly and gradually it changes the person’s outlook towards the people and the happenings. It makes him introspective in each approach. It also gives him the possibility of becoming something. It prepares him to take challenges and let him have self-motivation. Totally it is beneficial tool to discover self , self-awareness and allow him to live an extra ordinary life. It is a kind of the mental therapy for that person.

2)      Classroom diary: It also takes place during school hours , but the teacher has to write the activities of the particular class. It should be maintained regularly for 12 days. After that he can start his observation while teaching or interacting with the students. He needs to observe that class closely and neatly. He has to watch over the students’ behaviour , communication style and daily activities etc. he has to keep the diary with him all the time.

         Even he has to note down his observation , the students’ feeling , reaction ,mood and habits. Simultaneously he look for the reasons of all these. Definitely he will have the purpose of their behaviour , reaction and activities as soon as he finishes it. Sometime he needs to have a student’s experience of the particular day.

                       Apart from these, the person also needs to collect their needs and interests. So that he can give what they require. It brings the teacher and the students close. It tries to improve their relationship.it gives the teacher an insight ,purpose and possibility. It tries to change both of them.

3)      Personal diary: It is a type of diary writing. It is wider than other diary writing. It takes whole day attention. It means that the teacher has to take whole day’s activity into his observation. It should be maintained regularly for 12 days. He has to focus on daily routine. He needs to watch over  habit, thinking process ,feeling , challenges and experience. Then he has to utilize his observation carefully while writing personal diary. it is the best time to note down before going to bed.

          The person should think over the reasons of day to day activity. So that he can keep clear thinking and accordingly communicate with others clearly. It is also indicated that the person will have a purpose of doing while writing it. It helps him to develop his potential at broader level. It assists him to release his emotion easily and stress free. It enables him to be a man of maturity as well as broad minded.

           Through this activity , he gets actual picture of his life and the purpose to live. He becomes self-aware and watchful. Out of the activity, he maintains his relationship and enhances his communication level. Slowly and gradually he takes up new challenges and tries to finish them. He becomes a man of self-discovery. He would have a lot of self and professional development.

                        As it is shown in these types of diary writing that there are a lot of advantages in personal and professional. In addition to this, there are actual advantages in following lines.

1)      It helps in developing thinking and imagination power.

2)      It enables the person to have a clear purpose of doing the task.

3)      It prepares the person to have a life of possibility.

4)      It makes him to become self –aware and mindful

5)      It assists him to release his pent up thought as well as emotion so that he can easily control over his action.

6)      It makes him to cultivate his skills like communication , thinking , imagination, writing and many others.

7)      It makes him to stabilize mentally and physically.

8)      It enables him to be relaxed and cool headed.

9)      It gives him a clear cut objectives of his life mission.

10)  It enhances his productivity at work  place and job opportunity.

11)  It makes him to be happy, enthusiastic and interested in the work.

12)  It develops his life over all

13)  It prepare him to become  a man of gratitude

14)  It brings a liveliness in the person’s life

                               Broadly speaking , it changes the person internally and externally. It has a lot of development scope. So that he can enhance his life skill. Once it is habituated , then lots other skills to be developed. It is a good and inspiring activity for everybody.