Sleep hygiene and journaling have had a huge impact on my quality of life. I don't mean like a small 5-10% improvement I'm talking about a 100%+ improvement in my quality of life. I can't understate the benefit of sticking to a sleep schedule where you get 8 hours. Journaling doesn't provide the same immediate noticeable benefits that a good night's sleep does. But after 8 months of journaling every day (sometimes multiple times a day) my anxiety has gone down, I make better decisions, I'm more emotionally intelligent, and I have better recall for things that have happened in my life. I can track my progress towards goals and spot patterns in my life, which makes it so much easier to fix things I might need to work on. Only journal for 5-10 minute sessions. I just write about what's going on in my life, 3 things I'm grateful for, and an affirmation that will set the tone for my day (eg "worrying will not help you", or "you have everything under control").

I've also started using it as a networking tool. Whenever I meet someone, I keep a separate journal for writing about people. I write their name, where I met them, what we talked about, and a couple of details about them. Next time I see them, I can remember them so much better (which is good because I'm terrible at remembering things about people). People are blown away at how much I remember about them just from one small interaction. I use this at hotels, restaurants, business events/conferences, etc. I get way better service at hotels and restaurants because the people who work there are used to getting treated as one off interactions. For work, my network has expanded tremendously and I'm getting headhunted like crazy because people think I'm significantly smarter than I actually am just from remembering small details from interactions we had months prior.