The Evolution Of Journaling
While I was in my new routine of getting up early, I made a commitment to myself to start journaling again. I used to always dabble in journaling all through my life but it would usually fall off after a week or two and I never really got my momentum going. Looking back on my journaling now, I see it has gone through an evolution of sorts.
My “Teenage Journaling”…….
-Date the top of the page
-Began my entry with…..”Dear Diary”
-Spill the troubles of the day and unload my deep dark secrets I NEVER wanted anyone to read!
My” Young Mother Journaling”…….
-Date the top of the page
-Detail exact times of baby’s sleep, feeding and potty schedule
-No other entries because I was EXHAUSTED
My Journaling Now……..
-Date the top of the page and WRITE!
No agenda, No format, No right way or wrong way……..just write!
Journaling today can be colorful and multi purpose. It can be therapy, a vision-board, a gratitude landing spot and a sketch book. It’s a documentary of all that has happened and all that you would want to see in the future. This book of thoughts can help sort out some of life’s hardest days because writing it down gives the author the opportunity to sit with the current entry and just be. Journaling is a way of seeing thoughts in real time and provides an opportunity to brainstorm solutions in one sitting. It’s a place to reflect, count blessings and take inventory of relationships. Journaling is another step in the direction of continued self care.
I know we all live this busy life of places to be and people to take care of but what I am learning on my own personal journey is that we have to make time to take care of ourselves. Journaling may not seem to be the answer to life’s problems but in SO many ways it can help ground us during life’s storms.
I challenge you to grab a notebook…….grace yourself with just 10-15 minutes……… and just write! Write about the little things in your day that made you smile, release all of the things that made you frustrated, jot down what you are grateful for and above all document your DREAMS FOR THE FUTURE!…….
Express yourself…….unload your mind…… and sit back and enjoy the process!
XOXO 🦋
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