Finding Old Journals
I have pretty much been writing in journals/diaries since I was capable of writing. I have a little diary with puppies on the front and a lock so no one can read it!
There are so many reasons to keep a journal: documenting life changes, creating a reference for the future, tracking things like dreams, remembering important thoughts or findings.
Some people keep everything in one journal. Some people, like me, keep different journals for different reasons. I have a main journal where I simply write whatever I'm thinking about. I have a journal for prayer and for recording homilies. I've had a journal for I have a journal where I write down memories, flashbacks, or dreams from the trauma I experienced as a child.
With all that variety, I have a lot to go back to and read now and in the future. One time when I was high school I even started a mood tracker for myself. I found that journal a little while back and discovered my first manic episode - something I didn't even know I was experiencing at the time.
Anyway, I just encourage all of you to keep writing because it can be amazing what you find in the future. Maybe you'll something you predicted and wrote down long before it happened. Maybe quite the opposite! Journals are a hidden treasure trove.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
@Lonnie
you are so right Journaling has been a big part of our healing even before we know we was a system as it also how stormie the birth one first communicated with us she wrote questions we answered them in old journals you could see how different each wrote too kinda cool we lost most our journals in a fire in 2014 we still keep journals we mostly have two a prayer one and one every other thing goes into we be 55yr now started journaling in high school
yes all us need to keep journaling as it tell ones life story also within the pages you can see how far you came from were you started your healing journey that can give one hope
@Lonnie
Thanks for sharing. Now i feel im not too odd in keeping different journals as well. I have one for prayer and one for gratitude.. and one for daily thoughts. And I could imagine more for specific categories..... ❤️
Yooooo I'm not the only one who had several journals going, all at the same time??? <3