Journaling is a must for writers.You can pick up new story-ideas from your journals.

In the early morning,after you wake up from bed you do it as a first task.Not only you have a number of words on the paper,but also you will feel lighter heart,which will produce fresh energy for the whole day.

Those who are not used to journaling,especially the beginners,would often be attacked by the deadly disease for writers,-writers block.
So learn the various ways of keeping and writing many journals.