Journaling

I've been journaling on a regular basis since I was a young teenager. Probably as young as 13. I'm pretty sure I have that tiny, mini book here somewhere. I've kept all of them, tho I don't really go through them. It's soothing to get my thoughts out on paper, out of my head. It's also nice to pick out cute or unique journals, and different pens to write with. I just wrote my first entry in a brand new journal the other day. It's green with an owl and my boyfriend ordered me a pack of cute fine tip pens off Amazon 8 I think, each a different color. So I can change up my entries with how I'm feeling. Sometimes I sketch a little or doodle if I get off track. But I find the act of writing very cathartic.

I kept a diary as a teen. I enjoyed making the daily summary. It was mostly about my escapades with my friends and my crushes and adventures with boys. It was light hearted and funny; not filled with sadness or worry. When it was full, I threw it in the dumpster. I threw away practically everything I ever wrote. I felt it could be ‘incriminating’, should it fall into the wrong hands (not literally criminal in any way, though).

I’ve really regurgitated plenty of thoughts in my over 6000 posts here. Yet this is also different from journaling and from a diary.

Yes I do journal. I write different types. When I need to get something out, want to connect w myself, and write my gratitude.

I write things down to "get them out" and it helps me to work things out. It's more of a brain drain than a journal, and I just write it in a notebook then rip it up and throw away afterwards. No need to keep it, and I'm worried about someone reading it.