“I have always struggled with knowing myself and I hope this journal can help others in the same way that it has helped me,” says Katelyn Kincaid, creator of The Ultimate Self Journal.
Kincaid just started her senior year at Christopher Newport University and is majoring in marketing with a double minor in leadership studies and communication studies. She is a part of Greek Life on campus and loves going to the gym in her free time.
Kincaid originally came up with the idea to make a simple notebook to put on Amazon, only to realize she wanted to take an approach that could benefit herself and others. “Once I realized that this could be something that could help other people too and not just me, it pushed me even more to achieve that goal,” she said.
She describes her struggles of self-awareness, goal setting, and anxiety – which is what inspired her to create the self-help journal.
The journal has various questions to encourage the reader to reflect on themselves and help the process of putting goals in place. Kincaid says, “After releasing the journal, I went back in and started to answer the questions I wrote… that’s when I realized how much this has helped me and could help others.”
Kincaid also explains how she purposely added self-discovery prompts within the journal in hopes to help readers who struggle with finding their identity just as she did.
She describes how her loving relationships with friends and family helped her throughout those hard points in her life dealing with anxiety. “I love surrounding myself with people that inspire me and give me the support I need in those difficult moments,” says Kincaid.
Writing this journal has also helped her find a career track that she wants to pursue. She explains how she had not yet found an interest that stuck with her before achieving this accomplishment.
Kincaid now has a goal to open her own self-help journal company and wants to make more journals focusing on different topics that people may struggle with.
She describes how her experience writing the journal has helped her grow individually and makes her feel a sense of accomplishment in benefiting others. Kincaid says, “This entire thing has given me something to work towards and I feel like in a way I found my passion with all of this.”
You can purchase Katelyn Kincaid’s The Ultimate Self Journal on Amazon for $19.99 at this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9S8SJSH?fbclid=PAAaZmf9cS75fIl6skHb9o3d5l83HQzED3N-S7O1t0fAScJL7Wjmgix-wNOlY_aem_AexsivCRA2AUms71GRrd4eY-69MsnBwMgrxqO6enUtUW_eSSMJXUAdZ_XPvk2Um6SXw
