Journaling

Journaling, in a way has saved me, and I know that can sound a bit weird and I know  people can question that and be like really?, but it’s my way of dealing with life and making sense of life through writing. As I said in my previous post, when I’m going through something, my first instinct isn’t to tell anyone, it’s to write about it.

Journaling is one of the many things that makes me feel happy. Any time I journal, I feel free, I feel up and I feel purposeful. It has become a real release for me and a way for me to soak in my thoughts and experiences, as well as acknowledge my own feelings. It’s also played a big part in my self love journey.

Everybody needs an expression and journaling is mine. The reason I started journaling in the first place was because I internalize a lot of my thoughts, and sometimes that builds up and then I hit like an eruption mode that leads into a panic attack because all my emotions are coming out all at once, so journaling is really beneficial for me because I’m able to see it from a different perspective. It almost becomes an evaluation and allows me to break down a situation. I don’t want to keep everything in my mind. I want to release my thoughts so they’re not floating around in my head, especially those negative ones, I want them out.

What I love most about journaling is that there is so much freedom. You can write about whatever you want, be as creative as you want and go into as much detail as you want. That to me is amazing. There is no right or wrong, there is only what you’re comfortable saying and sharing. 

Over the years, I have started writing about more than just my thoughts and feelings, I found myself writing down ideas, quotes, gratitude reminders and even a little poetry, so not only has it become a release, it’s my creative outlet.

Writing, as much as it is me expressing myself, it’s making sense of life, getting to the bottom of my problems and helps me keep track of my personal growth.