6 Ways Keeping a Journal Can Help Your Career

6 Ways Keeping a Journal Can Help Your Career: Keeping a journal is a great idea—and not just for aspiring novelists and 15-year-old girls. And I’m not referring to the public online journals that many of us (myself included) keep—though there’s value in those, too. I’m talking about a private, intimate journal; a daily record of your experiences and observations, particularly at work.