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The other day I went to a coffee shop with the intention of reading my book but instead spent about two hours writing in my journal.
I’m not a great journaler. It’s the kind of relationship where I’ll pick it up when I’m going through something, be really consistent for a couple days, and then once I’m feeling lighter I won’t touch it for months.
I’m definitely not in the easiest season of life right now, but im not actively shittingscreamingcryingthrowingup about anything at the moment. For some reason though, despite my mentally “up” state of being, I was desperate to write down everything I’ve been thinking and feeling in the past couple weeks.
I honestly think it’s why the past couple days I haven’t posted anything on this app is because anything I would’ve mused about I already wrote in my journal lol. I even considered just taking a picture of the journal pages and posting them here but that felt too intimate? Maybe?
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Sometimes I go back to my collection of journals pick a random page and see what was in my head/what i was going through at that time.
Journaling is so medatative and theraputic ✍️🏾
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idk if anyone else has this experience but been journaling all my life. Could write a book fr
But sometimes I get caught up in more of what I think about feels like ~productive journaling~. Journaling about values, goals, stuff that’s happened and my feelings about situations and experiences I have had
This all feels …. Good, but too productive
I’ve been taking moments to write about what’s directly in front of me And instead painting a picture of whatever immediate scene im in. “I’m on a train , it’s dark, the only way I know there’s houses on the hills in the distance is by their glowing light through the windows”
It’s helped me tap into a different part of my brain & feels really good. There have been periods where I don’t focus on this type of stuff while writing.
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when people used to say “you should journal!” i would be like yeah, yeah whatever. it’s funny looking back on it, because now whenever i get a single thought in my head, i have to write it down. it can be difficult for me to identify my emotions, but seeing bits of my thoughts, written and scattered about, allows me to solve the puzzle piece that is my complex (& crazy) mind. 🪐
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to lend my life an air of romance, I make sure to document all memories big and small. I personally have been journaling on a notion page I made that no one else can see (just because I like typing and it makes adding photos so much easier), but am thinking of switching to a physical journal to be even more romantic. I don’t think you can feel like your life has magic in it if you lack a coherent narrative and journaling does just that.
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