To me, a journal is many things simultaneously. It is a place to collect your thoughts, a place to rest and unburden yourself, and a place to share your excitement and gratitude. Like running or drawing, writing in a journal is a skill and talent you build over time. The quality of your writing may get better, but the most important thing is that your ability to be truthful and open up to yourself grows over time.
Read MoreI started a digital journal several months ago. What I’ve enjoyed most about the experience is how effortless and easy it is to store the journal without taking up space and to edit the pages in minutes instead of hours.
While I still love paper stationery and collect too many journals, stickers, and pens, there is a benefit to switching to paperless stationery.
Read MoreEveryone who knows me knows how much I love to write in my journals. It’s a daily part of my day, a habit, and a hobby. There’s something so poetic and dramatic about writing about every aspect of your life on paper.
Like any hobby or skill, I think that journaling is something you get better at over time. Such as how you write, how you set up pages, and organize your journals.
Read MoreTypically, I keep an A5 ruled journal. I used to be selective about the journals I bought and what I wrote in them. Since I first started journaling, my collection of full – and empty – journals has grown over the last three years.
Read MoreJournaling is one of the only ways I know how to express my creativity. It’s a medium that seems halfway between writing and painting. For a while, I’ve been neglecting my journals, mostly because I haven’t been able to print photos and other elements and create the beautiful pages and collages I want. I switched to a digital journal for bullet journaling and daily planning too. But the more I see pictures of aesthetic, pretty journal pages on social media, the more I want to return to my old hobbies.
Read MoreI know I’m not the only one to finish high school and feel less prepared for university AND for the post-university part that comes afterward. Put a bunch of graduates together in a room and they’ll probably all say the same thing: “what the heck am I supposed to do now?”
In saying that, I think a big part of growing up is that you’re never fully prepared for anything. You’ll never have all the answers at once and you have to go-with-the-flow and collect those answers along the way.
Read MoreSo, it’s that time of the year when the pages are starting to become fewer and fewer in my bullet journal. When that happens, I run along to my favourite stationery store, wishing, wishing, that I will find a new journal for a decent price. And I did.
I love when $17 journals turn into $5 journals… It’s one of the best deals when you’re a journal enthusiast. The downside of that deal is I also end up buying more journals than I need. It’s in my nature! I can’t help it.
Read MoreWriting in a journal is one of the best ways to express yourself. You can write about things in your life that made you sad, angry, happy, grateful, and more.
More than that, you can use a journal to think and reflect on ideas that you never considered before. Like the past, the future, and most of all, yourself. I love to use my journal this way, and the way I do it is by writing in my journal according to journal prompts.
Read MoreNot too long ago, I wrote about all the ways that keeping a journal can improve your lifestyle, your growth, and your creativity. My favourite of these was that a journal is a great outlet for emotional healing and self-reflection. When you write in your journal for therapy or catharsis, you are focused on getting to the root of what has triggered you.
Read MoreKeeping a journal is about so much more than sparking your creativity and planning out your life. In many ways, journaling is profoundly helpful and impactful for self-development and stress management.
Whether it is first thing in the morning or the last hour before you go to bed, fitting in half an hour for daily journaling can be beneficial to your well-being and growth. And it doesn’t take a lot to begin a daily journaling activity.
You can write it down on paper, type it out on the computer, or even record your voice. You can follow writing prompts or you can follow your heart and translate what it says to you.
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