HOW TO JOURNAL *for beginners*

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @Bloom22-o4z
    @Bloom22-o4z День назад +56

    I'm 12 years old and about to finish my 10 journal , l have been daily journaling for 701 days.Your such a big inspo for me and inspired me to journal.I also pray the Lord is with you and guides you and your soon to be husband in marriage .Wishing you all the best , God bless you ❤❤❤

    • @kaylaroseharwood2810
      @kaylaroseharwood2810 День назад +5

      I just finished my 10 journal too and I'm also 12! How long have you been journaling??

    • @Reputation13evermore
      @Reputation13evermore День назад +2

      That's so impressive, I wish

    • @Bloom22-o4z
      @Bloom22-o4z День назад

      @@kaylaroseharwood2810 l have been journaling since l was 7 years old .And started daily journaling in November 2022

    • @Bloom22-o4z
      @Bloom22-o4z День назад +3

      @@Reputation13evermore You can try to journal too , l believe in you

    • @Reputation13evermore
      @Reputation13evermore День назад +2

      @Bloom22-o4z ty

  • @ElinOlsson-p7z
    @ElinOlsson-p7z День назад +1

    You really inspierd me to start journaling and thatnks to your journal reccomendations i have found my dream journal. Love you carrie

  • @rogehmarbi
    @rogehmarbi День назад +19

    This vid is so adorable!
    One thing I regret when it comes to journaling is not doing it sooner... Can't help but to feel a bit jealous to those who have records of their earlier, younger, and more carefree years...

    • @sammirivas8982
      @sammirivas8982 День назад +1

      Same

    • @kaylaroseharwood2810
      @kaylaroseharwood2810 День назад +1

      Same

    • @oliverbrunninge
      @oliverbrunninge День назад +1

      I would assume that most people who journal can relate to this, if they didn't start really early. I started journaling November 2020, at 16 years old and eventually I started daily journaling on January 1st 2022 (Wish I started going daily earlier aswell). It's easy to say that I wish I started as soon as I learned to write, but couldn't I at least have started on January 1st 2020. Not just because of all the craziness around Covid (Not THAT crazy since I live in Sweden, no lockdown), but because I started at a new school that fall. Wish I would've written about that whole adventure, and I also would've enjoyed having some memories written down from the school I went to before that.

    • @ArliaFae
      @ArliaFae День назад +1

      I’m 31 and only started journaling this year. I’ve already recorded so many memories in these past few months. I also wish I started earlier, but better late than never!

    • @BHAVYA_JHA.
      @BHAVYA_JHA. День назад

      omg same even though i started journaling at age of 8(2016) i was a bit inconsistent till 2021 , i wish i wrote more as a kid but its ok ig

  • @PinkHawk191
    @PinkHawk191 День назад +1

    I'm also left handed as well! I love doing it with my daily Pepsi Zero Sugar. I've been journaling since I waist school. I'm over 30 journals. I found a cute sparkly composition notebook at the pharmacy near my dental office. I couldn't resist getting it. I'm using that journal right now. It has made me so happy when I journal in it!

  • @alisonwalker9078
    @alisonwalker9078 День назад +3

    I bought a few journals and I have written in mine several times this year.

  • @just__celia
    @just__celia День назад +2

    I am probably one of your oldest viewers and have been journaling for decades. I really liked the points you brought up in this video. I am on my 24th journal of the year which has been my pace for the past couple of years. It wasn’t always like this. My writing changes with life cycles.

  • @CalebBaldwin-j6s
    @CalebBaldwin-j6s 23 часа назад +1

    I've been journaling for four years now. You are a huge inspiration.

  • @jennajohnson1237
    @jennajohnson1237 День назад +1

    I sometimes have a hard time finding the motivation to get up and journal if I feel like I have nothing to write about. Watching your videos as well as other RUclipsrs journaling videos while I write helps a lot :)

  • @trinitycraft1358
    @trinitycraft1358 День назад +9

    Thank you Carrie walker for this video , I been journaling since I was in middle school and I still journal

  • @deviaparna619
    @deviaparna619 День назад +8

    Hi Carrie!! I've been journaling since the beginning of 2022. I randomly reread one of the Dork Diaries books that I was obsessed with in elementary and middle school and decided to start my own diary lol. My first few entries look IDENTICAL to the first Dork diaries book 😂 But I was never consistent with it until July of this year. Your videos (especially the reading your old diaries) really motivated me to write more often. And now I've been daily journaling since September!! It has helped me in so many ways like dealing with complex emotions and hard days. I'm almost done with my 3rd journal and it's a really special one since I started it in September in my first week of college! I call it my college diaries haha. THANK YOU so much for inspiring me and so many others every single day! Love you 💗

    • @AveryWillard-k4g
      @AveryWillard-k4g День назад +2

      I have kind of a similar story!! I was also inspired by a different book (The Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine) in 2019, and my first two entries were almost WORD FOR WORD what was written in the first couple pages in the book, but I stopped journaling all of last year. I started again after seeing Carrie's sixth reading-her-diary videos! And it's absolutely crazy...I've been daily journaling since September 24th of this year!

    • @kaylaroseharwood2810
      @kaylaroseharwood2810 День назад +2

      I know soo many people who started journaling bc of the dork diaries😅😅

    • @deviaparna619
      @deviaparna619 День назад +1

      @AveryWillard-k4g Wow that's so cool lol. Mine was also almost word for word in my first entry and I continued to use random phrases that the dork diaries girl used throughout my first journal 😂 And I started daily journaling on September 19th of this year which is so close to yours!!

    • @deviaparna619
      @deviaparna619 День назад +1

      @@kaylaroseharwood2810 Hahahaha so true!! I still kinda love those books as a college freshman and read the new ones that come out lol

  • @Leontine-kp5lo
    @Leontine-kp5lo 22 часа назад +1

    okey wow, this video has so mich information so short completed! i am not very good in english, because i just learn it in my school, but i understood everything. thank you very much for this video, it was soo helpful❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @BeenasBookshelf
    @BeenasBookshelf День назад +1

    just wanted to thank you for what you do

  • @BHAVYA_JHA.
    @BHAVYA_JHA. День назад +2

    Hey so i started journaling back in 2016 when i was like 8 years old and over the year my journaling pattern changed so much at first it was just a random notebook i use to write about my day ones in a while or a place for me and my friends to scribble or write stuff during class, than in 2018 i started writing more frequently though i lost both my 2018 and 2019 diary , than finally in 2021 i started writing properly and now after almost 8 years of journaling I have started writing daily its been like 28days only but still I am so glad I am doing it.
    You find ur style of journaling eventually , instead of sitting down to write all my thoughts at one time I have started writing throughout my day when ever i feel like I start a entry at 12AM and end it before sleeping this way i am able to document my thoughts instead of just sitting down ones and trying to write them all down. I hope this is the beginning of my daily journaling

  • @LilyAnais-qj5px
    @LilyAnais-qj5px День назад +3

    thank you Carrie for making this video, i have been journaling for a 1 whole year now and i still struggle so thx you are the best. LOVE YOU CARRIE JOURNALING ARMY FOR LIFE

    • @kaylaroseharwood2810
      @kaylaroseharwood2810 День назад +1

      I'm starting a daily journal in 2025!! Any tips?

    • @oliverbrunninge
      @oliverbrunninge День назад +1

      @@kaylaroseharwood2810 Carrie's tips are great, I wished I began writing with ink earlier, Carrie convinced me and setting an alarm is great, I would recommend setting it so late that you don't think "I'll do it later", mine is att midnight, but I get a notification at 22.00 (10 pm). I've been journaling since 2020 and been doing it daily since January 1st 2022 (Missed some days this year because I had to go to the hospital).
      Here are some things I would recommend thinking about.
      Be careful with how much you share your entries. I do now and then read some things I've written to my friends, being conscious of the fact that you sometime in the future may share your entries with someone else isn't optimal though, being honest in a journal is something I find hard enough as it is and this doesn't make it easier. I don't see it as a huge problem though, many of my entries are really personal. I also want to add that you absolutely don't have to share your entries with anyone.
      You'll have to accept that there will be many days where you have no inspiration to write. I've had periods with several days in a row where I've hade no idea of what to write, or I just had the feeling that it was pointless since all I did those days was watching RUclips and chilling out.
      I would recommend you to always carry your journal with you, if you can and are comfortable with it. Most of my favourite journal entries have been written outside of my home. I've written at school, in parks, at the mall, on the bus, on planes or wherever I've been when I've wanted to journal.
      If something really exciting is going on during your day, let's say your travelling and you want to remember many details and the timeline. In these situations I have sometimes written small notes and the time it happened in my phone to write about it later.
      Don't be afraid about writing about things that have nothing to do with your day. Maybe you're in to politics, or animals, or sports, write about things you care.
      If you like listening to music I would recommend writing down what songs you listen to at the moment. This is especially great when you one day in future return to those pages and you are able to turn on those songs you listened to back then, it really elevates the reading experience.
      A great way to fill up the pages is to make lists of any sort. I wrote down my whole top 100 on Spotify Wrapped. I've ranked all the songs by my favourite artist, George Ezra. But you can make lists, ranked or not, about whatever you want.
      One thing I started doing this year is that I some days chose to dedicate a few pages to a single person. You probably write about quite a few people in your life other than yourself. Giving them a few pages is both really fun but it will also help your future self to understand that person who you may or may not forget in the future.
      Be creative and try new things. I have the luxury to know three languages and have written in all of them to mix things up. I've asked AI how I should write. Yesterday I completely ignored the lines on my page, I wrote in every direction possible. It was only short comments and it looks really messy, but it was fun.
      And some days you will have the luxury of being able to write page after page after page using only your pen.

    • @kaylaroseharwood2810
      @kaylaroseharwood2810 День назад +1

      @@oliverbrunninge tysm😊❤️

    • @oliverbrunninge
      @oliverbrunninge День назад

      @@kaylaroseharwood2810 You're welcome! Greetings from Sweden

  • @Drew-rr7gw
    @Drew-rr7gw День назад +2

    I’ve been journaling for 3 years now! I wouldn’t have been able to do it without you. Thank you Carrie

  • @leahweiland9383
    @leahweiland9383 День назад +9

    You r the best finished my 1st journal 📓

  • @NightRayne21
    @NightRayne21 День назад +4

    I’m going to start my 4th journal in 15 pages! Thank you so much for the motivation Carrie! ❤

  • @whispermeadows
    @whispermeadows День назад +1

    Thank you, Carrie for these amazing and motivating videos! It's because of you that I'd started journaling and have kept up with it for almost a full year already. Although I don't journal everyday like you do, I've still been very consistent with my writing and I find it extremely calming and therapeutic. It's the perfect hobby for anyone at any age! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!💯💜

  • @ninahuddie9835
    @ninahuddie9835 День назад +1

    I am 13 and I started journaling in april 2022 and today will be my 967th day daily journaling, and I'm in my 7th journal. I've been watching you since the first day I started journaling, you are my inspiration 🩷🩷 You have also inspired me to write more about Christianity in my journal entries

  • @AngelRose-y6o
    @AngelRose-y6o День назад +2

    On the note of journaling everyday to avoid getting behind and avoiding journaling all together, I used to struggle a lot with that but one thing that helps me ( I don't journal everyday) is to write how I'm feeling, what I want to write about ect on my email and screenshot it to copy it over later, or to write it in my notes app and do the same.
    I also found it was less intimidating that way so I'm able to be more honest and document smaller details I probably wouldn't have otherwise. I would recommend copying them over at the end of the week if you write very often throughout the week to avoid getting really backed up but I hope that helps and made sense ❤️

  • @Hailey-iw4yr
    @Hailey-iw4yr 17 часов назад +1

    waiting for part 7 of reading my old journals ❤️❤️

  • @itzissastblw
    @itzissastblw День назад +3

    hiii thank you for this video you have helped me be motivated to start and i have been watching your vids for 4 yrsss!!!

  • @flybalbu
    @flybalbu День назад +2

    I started journaling on July 1st 2023 at 16 so July 2025 will be my 2 years of journaling! A bit sad I didn't start journaling earlier (I had a failed attempt from 2021 and a "vent book" I kept from 11-15, but that one only has drawings and negative entries) but even just looking back at my thoughts from 1 year ago is so insightful (and sometimes cringey, but that's the beauty of it).
    Carrie, you were one of my inspirations for why I started journaling, I have a few entries about you and I try a lot of the journaling techniques you use (like putting words in a different color to make them pop! or using white on a sticky note)
    Though lately a problem I've been having while journaling is getting sidetracked by a random thing mid entry and it taking longer than it should because I'm not 100% focused

  • @shivani9308
    @shivani9308 День назад +3

    I actually made a journal this year. I didn't have a journal and didn't know when I would get the chance to buy one so I made one or I knew I would just excuse not journaling because I did not have a journal which is a prerequisite for journaling. I am so prid of it. It is very pretty and I love it. I joined the pages and cover bh a cute white ribbon and it's lovely. Ty for being such an inspiration 🩷

  • @Lauren-u3d
    @Lauren-u3d 22 часа назад +3

    I never thought to eat something & play music while journaling,I need to try that

  • @mionegrxnger
    @mionegrxnger День назад +1

    I love your videos! Thank you somuch for motivating me to journal everyday! I've been watching your videos for the past year :)

  • @SaanviSathish-j3n
    @SaanviSathish-j3n День назад +1

    I've been on and off again with my journal and the journaling prompt idea will help me to not be indecisive about what to write since there's hundreds of options. I'm going to write them tomorrow in a glass jar with some of the prompts you showed in the recommended video, thank you Carrie❣

  • @Swiftie903
    @Swiftie903 День назад +3

    Tysm! I’ve always never known what to journal about. This vid really helps! Thanks a lot!❤️❤️❤️

  • @Hailey-iw4yr
    @Hailey-iw4yr 17 часов назад +1

    hey! i’ve been watching you for 2 years and i just finished my 3rd journal yesterday! btw ive been waiting for a part 6 of the reading my old diaries series. if you don’t want to it’s okay but it would be really fun to watch ❤️

  • @CeliaJournal
    @CeliaJournal День назад +1

    I love to write about my day what I do to how i feel and what i see! And sometimes if I miss out on a few days I sometimes put maggazine clippings and sometimes quotes! I love doing that too I love being creative and I love writing!❤❤ Love your tfs!❤❤

  • @AestheticGirly2443
    @AestheticGirly2443 День назад +9

    Hiii Carrie!!! I’m finishing my 3rd journal today!!! I started daily journaling on January 26th all because of you. It’s been almost a year!!! 🫶🫶🫶

    • @Lauren-u3d
      @Lauren-u3d День назад

      You’ve did better than me ,hopefully one day I’ll complete 3 but for now I’m at the end of my first

  • @ShayleePierce-ld7he
    @ShayleePierce-ld7he День назад +3

    Hi Carrie I love journaling and since I’m moved into the assisted living now I have been journaling about what me and my freinds do it’s allot of fun to write everyday about are new adventures 🩷😇

  • @lizzymiku7759
    @lizzymiku7759 День назад +2

    HI CARRIE!!! i’M ON MY THIRD JOURNAL THANKS TO YOU!!!

  • @lavenderlovesdogs
    @lavenderlovesdogs День назад +2

    I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS SO MUCH CARRIE!!!! KEEP UP ALL THE HARD WORK!

  • @The_tomboy1234
    @The_tomboy1234 День назад +4

    the last journal i filled up was THICCC i glued so much stuff in it i cant even close it 🤣

  • @syedaruqayya4884
    @syedaruqayya4884 День назад +3

    I'm 35th!!!!
    Much needed video

  • @EC4U2C_Studioz
    @EC4U2C_Studioz День назад +1

    I enjoy watching your journal and Pentel videos.

  • @Enyscorner
    @Enyscorner День назад +3

    Yay I was really hoping for a video like this!!❤😊🎉I'm also on my 8th journal right now

  • @liliankay09
    @liliankay09 День назад +1

    I have been journaling since June 2022 when you inspired me!! I just finished my 22nd journal!!

  • @TaylorGirl_13
    @TaylorGirl_13 День назад +1

    Tysm Carrie!! You got me into journaling ❤

  • @GretalovesJesus
    @GretalovesJesus День назад +2

    I ❤ the editing so good. I be praying for you always have a happy Christmas 🎉

  • @Wonderlust126
    @Wonderlust126 День назад +2

    lol I have the green journal you used last time!!!
    You are so encouraging and I wouldn't be journaling right now if it wasn't for you. You're the best! ❤
    Also, could you another journaling marathon soon? I watched your last one and it was really cool!

  • @CreativeJewelsAdventures
    @CreativeJewelsAdventures День назад +2

    I’ve been doing journaling since 2014 but did keep going in 2017 and then contently last year on August 3rd

  • @JadeOrmondy
    @JadeOrmondy День назад +1

    FIRST ONE!
    Thanks need this one 💕

  • @tanagiberson4770
    @tanagiberson4770 День назад +2

    I will be 30 in May making it my golden ✨️birthday. I started journaling in October 2008. I am in my 101st journal. I ❤love to journal. I have your ultimate journal army pack. I 💜 to journal.

  • @inhabitantofearth
    @inhabitantofearth День назад +1

    You’re almost at 100k subs!! 😃

  • @diyasworld2847
    @diyasworld2847 День назад +2

    3.16 .......that was funny and cool .....way to start step 4 : start writing 🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

  • @makaela9391
    @makaela9391 День назад +2

    I haven’t journaled in a week, my depression has gotten so bad since my now ex told me he was cheating and using me. Everyday I’ll sit down and just stare at my journal, I would love to get back into it and write everything that I’m feeling right now.

    • @BHAVYA_JHA.
      @BHAVYA_JHA. День назад +1

      hey its ok take your time, it will get better trust me sending so much love to you

    • @makaela9391
      @makaela9391 День назад

      @ thank you, I am trying my best. Sending much love back!

  • @Thatgirlolllieolive
    @Thatgirlolllieolive День назад +1

    HIII hru Carrie also early merry Christmas!❤

  • @motunrayoogunlowo1649
    @motunrayoogunlowo1649 День назад +1

    Can you please make part 7 of "reading my diaries " pls!❤😢 love you

  • @JadeOrmondy
    @JadeOrmondy День назад +3

    Oh and yesterday December 21 was my three years of journaling, and I’m on my fifth journal💕

    • @kaylaroseharwood2810
      @kaylaroseharwood2810 День назад +3

      Yay 🎉😊

    • @JadeOrmondy
      @JadeOrmondy День назад +2

      Thanks 😊

    • @challengerdog6419
      @challengerdog6419 День назад +2

      Congratulations 🎊
      I've been Journaling for 1 year (not every day) but I'm also on my 5th journal 🙃

    • @JadeOrmondy
      @JadeOrmondy День назад +1

      Omg that’s so good very impressive for only journalling for one year💕🫶🏼

    • @challengerdog6419
      @challengerdog6419 День назад +2

      @JadeOrmondy Thanks! Wishing you goodluck with continuing Journaling! 💝 Also happy holidays :D

  • @TheOkorieFamily
    @TheOkorieFamily День назад +1

    I've needed this video much❤😅

  • @pepsi_person
    @pepsi_person День назад +1

    I’m 16 and I’ve been journaling since 13 but took a long 2.5 year break for personal reasons. I restarted last August.

  • @CheezyFrog87
    @CheezyFrog87 День назад +3

    Don't think I don't see Lauren Daigle in your playlist. (LOVE HER MUSIC. You should listen to Build My Life by Pat Barrett)

  • @janiceking9567
    @janiceking9567 День назад +1

    I have been journaling for 49 years

  • @CrystinGigi
    @CrystinGigi 5 часов назад

    I really love your videos i have been video journaling since 2021

  • @lonanpoulose9502
    @lonanpoulose9502 День назад +2

    ❤❤❤

  • @Lauren-u3d
    @Lauren-u3d 20 часов назад +1

    Hopefully I can fill 2 journals in 2025 ,I have one ,I just need to get the other before June ,I got a target gift card & an Amazon gift card so I’m probably going to either get one from target ,order one from Amazon or use my discount & get one from the department store I work for

  • @kaylaroseharwood2810
    @kaylaroseharwood2810 День назад +2

    Im starting my 1st year of daily journaling in 2025!!

  • @CodingWithSourdough
    @CodingWithSourdough День назад +1

    Are you going to start a Discord server for the Journaling Army?

  • @Kaliiii_preppy
    @Kaliiii_preppy День назад +3

    HIIII 4 MINS LATE

  • @aricbalser2647
    @aricbalser2647 День назад +1

    j j like it they for xmas if ok

  • @quinnylovestoplay4001
    @quinnylovestoplay4001 11 часов назад +1

    lol we have the same last name

  • @KikiPhillips-s6t
    @KikiPhillips-s6t 12 часов назад

    I want to start journaling . But I don’t want what to write about