One of my goals for this year was to get back to journaling every day. It’s a habit that I’ve had for a long time, but when I was student teaching it just felt like too much of a struggle, so I stopped writing every day. And then I realized that I’m the type of person who likes to write in their journal every day. It’s actually really important to me.
The other part of my journaling goal was to be more honest in my journaling. I was good about writing every day, but I wasn’t good at actually saying anything. I’d write something about my day, what I did, and that was it. I wasn’t talking about anything in depth. I wasn’t talking about the things that made my heart sing or the things that were stressing me out. And I knew that needed to stop. If I was going to write in my journal every day, I was really going to need to write.
I wasn’t sure how that would go in the beginning. I’ve always had a bad habit of self-censoring because a lot of the time I don’t want to deal with things. I don’t want to talk about it so I don’t, but that isn’t always the best choice. I really believe that if one is going to keep a journal they should be honest in it, really honest. So I resolved to do just that.
And it’s been going really well. I don’t think when I sit down to journal. I come up with a place to start and then I just write. I write about whatever comes into my head, until it makes sense to stop. It feels great to be so free in my journal and say whatever is on my mind.
Open journaling is really something I recommend.
BrittanyM