My media niche is health and lifestyle vloggers, influencers or Youtuber’s.
When I say health and lifestyle, I specifically mean individuals who are ‘well-known’ for vlogging their day to day life, their health and fitness journey and even their mental wellbeing. Examples of the individuals I follow and watch are Sarah’s Day, Chelsea Rocca, Charlotte Freeman and Tayla Damir. These individuals all have something in common, they live each day trying to improve their mental and physical state and that is something that highly intrigues me.
However, when it comes to my ‘personal media niche’ mental wellbeing is what interests me most. Having a focused and positive mindset is something that every individual struggles with throughout their life and so with my media niche, I want to focus on mental wellbeing and how to maintain it as such. I would like to do this by experimenting with journaling.
In the past, I have never been one to journal religiously. I always thought it was for people with big secrets who wanted to talk about their day or someone who has a big crush. Nonetheless, research has proven that journaling increases ones mental health. I want to learn about journaling and help others learn about it too. Find out the truths, deception and most importantly the outcomes of being someone who regularly journals.
“Journaling is simply writing down your thoughts and feelings to understand them more clearly.” When researching into the benefits of journaling, the outcomes seem to be tremendous. Controlling and understanding your feelings, finding your sense of self and lessening mental disorder symptoms such as anxiety and depression. “It can make us more aware and help us detect sneaky, unhealthy patterns in our thoughts and behaviours.” This then makes us more aware of our life and enhancing our ability to control our quality of life.
Journaling appears to be its own culture and experience away from any other. There are all different types of journaling such as bullet journaling, food, travel, dream, writing and many more. All of which seem to have a positive outcome. Hayley Phelan states in a New York Times article that journaling is one of the best ways for self-care and also one of the cheapest. Setting aside 5 – 15 minutes a day to journal, ask yourself hard hitting questions, google journal prompts or writing about how you felt that day has proven to enhance thousands of individuals mental wellbeing. It is genuinely helping people.
Writing your feelings, asking yourself specific questions and writing down the answer can enhance your mental wellbeing? Count me in.
I intend to explore this in detail through extensive primary and secondary research. Instead of just finding articles and blogs about the benefits of journaling – which I will do – I will also begin to regularly journal and see where my journaling journey takes me. I have stumbled across a business named The Routine, who promotes healthy mental wellbeing. I intend to follow their ‘Questions for Myself’ journal and see if it benefits me in any way. Journaling may not be for everyone, but I feel it is relevant as it is something so simple and small that seems to have a large positive impact on self-care.
Therefore, my personal media niche is lifestyle and promoting a healthy living style.
Stay True, R.
[Edit 03 September 2020 below]
References
Watson, R, 2020, ‘Journaling for Mental Health’, viewed 5th August 2020, < https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentID=4552&ContentTypeID=1 >
Ackerman, C, 2020, ’83 Benefits of Journaling for Depression, Anxiety and Stress’ viewed 5th August 2020, < https://positivepsychology.com/benefits-of-journaling/ >
Leo, 2018, ‘The 17 Different Types of Journals That Will Keep Your Life Organised’, viewed 5th August 2020, < https://www.jofelo.com/17-different-types-of-journals-to-keep/ >
Phelan, H, 2018, ‘What’s All This About Journaling?’, viewed 5th August 2020, < https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/style/journaling-benefits.html >
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