Kevin SimpsonCPA Web Books · Founder at CPA Web Books

The REAL Power of Journaling

17 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief excerpt from Kevin Simpson's YouTube video "The REAL Power of Journaling," Speaker A shares his personal journaling routine, describing how he shifted from a positivity‑focused journal to a daily paper journal used as a tool for expelling thoughts, especially during periods of depression and financial stress. He credits a friend, Joe Spano, for reframing journaling as a means to let out any thoughts, regardless of content. By writing down anger, disappointment, and other difficult emotions, Speaker A experiences a release of tension, likening it to letting steam out. Speaker B affirms this experience, emphasizing that seeing thoughts captured on the page creates a transformative moment, even though people often resist journaling when feeling down. The dialogue underscores journaling's practical, emotional benefits and its role as a simple, accessible mental‑health practice.

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Another thing is journal. Journal, journal, journal. I do it every day, pretty much most days. I did a paper journal. What I thought a journal was, wrongly, was write down like, what's the good things of today? Self-positive talk. And a friend of mine, Joe Spano, said, "Mike, a journal is about expelling any thoughts." So he goes, "It doesn't matter what you write, it matters that you let it out." During periods of depression, I sometimes put angry thoughts. When we're going through this challenge, this financial challenge a year ago, I would just lay out my thoughts about this and it'd be, anger and disappointment and all those things. But what was fantastic was once I wrote them down, the steam was out.
Yeah. It's like they get captured there in the words on the page. It's a big transformative moment. And I know it's so easy to say, do it. And when you're feeling down, we sometimes resist these kinds of things. We do. But once you do do it, it is transformative. Transformative.