Why you should start a journal

 

• It documents your life. Most of the events will be forgotten. Your journal will tell you what life was like in the past, what you thought and did back then. How great is that – After many years you can just pull out a journal and relive your past, just by reading some words. You will be able to experience past events from your own, past self perspektive.

• It´s a time capsule. Big events like Corona, the presidental election in the US, smartphones or any trends will be reflected in your journal, since world events effect your life in some way. Might be intersting for people after your life to read about what life was like in the early 21 century.

• A journal showes your personality. It was made by you. Your way of forming sentences, things that concern you, how you look at things and process them. You will change over time. Looking back at your journals, you will see how you have changed.

• Things can be carefully thought out and worked through. By writing it down, things that occupy you positively or negatively become visible and can be analyzed. When you see your thoughts, it is easier to judge and classify them.

• You can let out emotions. Good ones as bad ones. If you allow them to flow, you will feel better after.

• There are no limits. You can use your journal however you want. You could write a line a day, you could write a line a year, you could fill sixteen pages a day. You can paint, you can draw, you can collage, you can take it to the shower. There are no limits.

• Life becomes more managable, the plans and ideas won´t flood your brain if you write them down. You don´t have the urge to remember, just write them down and reread them any time.

• The diary is your memory. All of your thoughts are in there and they will remain there unsless it´s destroyed some day. You can read your old thoughts and remember things that is saved in your unconcious mind.

• The book is a judgmentalfree space. There is total freedom in this room. Use it what you wanna use it for. Nobody enters this room exept you allow them to.