I thought it was not that important or there's no need to make it official or mandatory in life until I started to get the benefits. Putting our thoughts altogether before sleep is a great practice to be mindful also. It's very understandable that how may it help it. And the best thing is it doesn't require much time and effort.
So, why not make it a habit?
Filling a night journal, it can be online or offline helps a lot to settle our minds down. Especially for those who struggle to calm down before sleep or forget things easily. It's like recalling what have we done, what should be done. A great way to evaluate our day and prepare for the next day. And when we write this down or talk this verbally as a note, we get this out of our mind to work on it easily.
There will be different worries with us. But when we write it down, we can make a better decision on that. Having a note about what we can look back and re-evaluate is always helpful, no? You may think that only doing this in mind would be okay, there's no need to write it down. But I did the same mistake so do write it down and you will see how helpful it will be.
A night journal lets us put our day together, in front of our eyes, make it purposeful and helps us close the chapter or work on it. It's a practical but simple way to move forward with some mini-steps every single day. Try it, it will give you great benefits!