Daily Journal For Men - Mens Journal - Gratitude Journal For Men - Diary For Men - Notebook Men - Mens Diary Journal - Personal Journal - Prompt Journal w/ 200+ Pages - 6 Months Use

Great quality paper. Hard cover, good value for the price

I'm retired military and I have a really good idea of how guys process things. It's not good or bad, it's just the way guys are and I'm looking at this from their perspective. I am also a huge fan of mental health because I depend on journaling to assist in my own mental health.The difference between me and typical guys is that I can sit down to a blank notebook and write 6 pages of thoughts and activities, and only stop when my hand cramps up an hour later. Let's be honest... most guys don't do that! When my bestie (retired military as well) told me he only owned 6 books (I have about 8000+, apart from the hundreds I have in my Kindle), I didn't think it was possible. Yep, 6 books and he hasn't opened two of them. He's an Alpha Male, Country Boy and a disabled combat veteran... he doesn't write unless he has to, like the millions of men in this world just like him. Sadly, a majority of those same men have emotions and hurts that they don't know what to do with, this could help them.IT IS FUNNY! The preface alone will make you giggle, as the author takes note of the quirks men have when addressing their own mental health, an important, yet comforting message, greets the men who are lucky enough to be handed this journal.IT IS SIMPLE AND CLEAR CUT: There are places to write (I would blow through it in about 5 seconds) but, he doesn't have to. There are graphics that represent feelings enough to convey enough information to know if it was a good or bad day. Sometimes, just opening a book, picking up a pen, and circling a sad face is hard. This will help on those days too.IT SHOWS PROGRESS: There are 7 one-day (one side of one page) pages for quick daily reflection and crisp graphics that can be used to help assess mental health. A lot of valuable information can be reflected on a single page. There is also a page for a reflection on that week, again nice graphics and places to write brief, yet very valuable, notes on what occurred the week before.I have experience with social work and mental health, this could really help a man that needs just a little extra help. Sometimes it's really hard for them to express those feelings... this could help. Better yet, it can be handed to a therapist for a quick rundown of how a week has gone.I would give this book 10 stars if I could.

Some days you just don't feel like writing page after page in your journal. Doesn't matter if you're a guy or a gal - even prompted journals can sometimes ask for more input than you feel up to giving or have the time to write after a long, long, LONG day. Other days, the last thing you want to see is another uplifting or motivational quote that'll make you roll your eyes so hard you're worried you broke something. Behold "The Dude Journal" - the prompted journal that gets it pretty close to perfect.Set up is a little different. You get seven pages of the "Daily" entries, and then one of the "Weekly" pages to set up for the upcoming week. The first week in the journal does not start with a "Weekly" page. You start right out with seven "Daily" pages to ease into things before you're asked to come up with a "Weekly" plan for the following week. There's no lengthy introduction section giving you why's and whynots about journaling or what you should/n't do with this journal. WONDERFUL. It's all left up to you. No cheesy motivational quotes that are anything but. No quotes telling you to suck it up, it all gets better, its the journey not the destination, blah blah blah. Nothing to make you feel guilty if you miss a day/entry or don't feel up to doing more than checking off the appropriate emoji face for how you feel that day.In the back it has a handful of blank lined pages for "Thoughts & Ideas" - always useful. Not the kind of journal though if you want pages for addresses, passwords, or birthday/holiday reminders.I wish the makers of this journal realized that it's not just 'dudes' who need a journal like this. We gals don't always like the frilly, flowery, sickeningly sweet prompted journaling options out there aimed at us. Finding a bare bones prompted journal can be hard to do, even here on Amazon. If the makers had instead included a sticker to personalize this journal as for a "dude" or a "dudette", had a least one pocket on the back cover (even dudes might need to hang on to something), and dropped the price to around $15, this journal would have been five-star perfect. But since calling someone 'dude' is applied to pretty much everyone anyways, I'll pretend the company is using the word in this fashion. Or stick a giant sparkly kitten sticker on the front. That'll show 'em....Regardless of what portion of the population this journal is marketed towards, it's a great option for anyone. The weekly "Mission Alert!" is a little challenge to work into your life at some point during the week. Nothing outrageous or undoable, and I love that. It's more of " Send a note to an old friend you've lost touch with" or "Get coffee for a coworker/friend whom you appreciate" or "Video call your parent(s)/sibling(s)/family member(s) rather than a plain voice call". I've got journals with a similar weekly mission, but more along the lines of "Sign up for a 5k race" or "Take a week off from work to take Italian cooking lessons". Great ideas, but we all aren't physically able to run a 5k on our best days or financially secure enough to forgo work for a week and pay for Italian cooking lessons. Coffee for a coworker? Sure thing. Surprise a friend with a trip to the Bahamas? Love to, can't afford it, try again.While there is a bit of room for improvements, out of all the prompted journals I've used over the years, this one ranks as one of the absolute best. I would absolutely buy again when this is completed in six months.

I wondered if the men in my home might enjoy journaling. I went to, we will call him 'Man 1'. "Would you like this?" I asked. He shuddered and said, "Dude? No." I said, "Forget about the cover. I know you don't want to be called 'dude'. Just look inside and tell me what you think." He opened it, flipped through some pages, paused, laughed. He turned a couple more pages, looked at a few more things. Laughed again. Smiling, he handed it back to me and said, "This is funny. It's nice. But no, thank you. I'm not interested in journaling right now." His tone was relaxed. My conclusion is that initially the cover made him not like the journal, then the contents inside made him like the journal, but in the end he decided he wouldn't really be likely to do any actual journaling.I then presented the book to, we will call him 'Man 2'. He looked at the cover and laughed. Still smiling, he opened it up, laughed again at the poop tracker. Took some time to evaluate which weather icon he felt like at the moment. Told me he would be renaming 'number of drinks' in his mind to 'glasses of water' as he wanted to drink more water. "You said this is for me?" he asked. "Yes," I said. "Thanks!" said he. My conclusion is that the journal is a good fit for him.So, that's what two different guys thought of the journal. Hope that's helpful to someone. Personally, I think the journal is cool. I like the 'get to the point' tone to it. I especially like the weekly 'missions', suggestions of things to do that will broaden one's life. They are things a person actually CAN do, not pie-in-the-sky things that sound good but are very difficult to actually fit into life.