Journaling Didn't Work for Me Until I Was Told This
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- I've always been told that journaling was something great to do, but it just never worked for me. I was in a journaling class awhile back and the instructor said something that resonated with me. She essentially "gave me permission" to write in my journal however I wanted to. Prior to that, I assumed that each page had to be dedicated to a certain day and my journal had to have structure.
That was far from the truth.
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Bro hearing this, you don't even know! I've struggled to journal for years because I would start, miss a bunch of days and then just give up. Then I would go out and buy another journal and start the process all over again. This brain dump idea though, now that might just work! Thank you man!
Can RELATE to that! Maybe on my next video I can just show off the MANY journals I bought, started and then stopped because I made a change in them I was unhappy with. Or the fact that some journals were for literally one thing or another and then that thing was just forgotten. Gah, I'm not alone haha
Loved this! I've been journaling the best part of 40 years now, and mine has changed over the years. When I was 11, I read Anne Frank's diary, and she wrote letters to Kitty, her made-up friend. I changed my journal entries from 'Dear diary' to 'Dear so-and-so' changing names with every new journal I got. I did not write every day, but most days, and I'd write about anything and everything that popped into my head. Later on I had one line a day type of journals, art journals, journals in which I would rant endlessly about the unfairness of my teenage life, or the difficulties in relationships when I got a bit older. I now keep a mini composition notebook in which I log work stuff, and write short paragraphs about what happened that day, thoughts that have throughout the day, ideas for projects etc. etc. Like you said, journaling can be anything you want it to be, can have a structure or no structure. It doesn't even have to be in a notebook if you don't want it to be. But letting things out, and thinking on paper, it's something I can't live without. Highly highly recommend.
I've been watching lots on Commonplace Journals and it has blown my mind on journaling. What you're doing is very similar! I love those little notebooks.
Please explain your tshirt. I have tried and tried...
You can't see part of it. The whole shirt reads: There's no crying in the apocalypse.
It's a line from Sweet Tooth, a TV series/DC comic.
@theEumenides I knew it was Fandom related in SOME way (a fangirl just knows). I love Sweet Tooth!
Thanks for commenting! I see someone beat me to replying about Sweet Tooth ❤️ it was one of my favorite shows as of recent. The shirt was a gift.
I’ll have to check out commonplace journaling! Sounds interesting!
I do a journal like I'm writing a letter to a friend.
I love that!
I used to do this too, like Anne Frank wrote to her Kitty. I switched names every journal, though.
@@EvelineUK It started when I lost my best friend to cancer in early elementary. I missed her soo very much that I started writing to her about my day.... and it just kind of stuck. I'm sure at the beginning it was just a grief reaction, but it became a habit.
@@EvelineUK In 45+ years, I've never changed names. It's just habit, now. At first the letters were to my best friend in elementary school who died of cancer. Now,it's more out of habit.
Wait! No Crying in....what? Dentistry?
In the apocalypse 😉 it’s from the show Sweet Tooth
Thank you for asking. I kept reading it as There’s no crying in buck teeth and I couldn’t figure out why that didn’t make sense.
Great video! Just the right message at just the right time… external confirmation for internal thoughts 😊
Thank you… keep it up!
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I struggled for years in starting an illustrated journal because of the beautiful examples you see online. This week I tried to do in my way, without that fancy fancy coffeeshop drawings or urban sketching and... It seems it's working. So, adapt the thing to yourself really is the key difference
That's so cool! I feel like I would almost limit myself because I don't draw anymore. But maybe just doing it anyhow and breaking the "rules" would be a freeing thing to do. Thanks for sharing your experience!
This is what I’ve done too. I call mine a Common Place journal where I can put more than just writing. I even use it for memory keeping. For once in my life I’ve almost completed an entire journal.
That’s awesome! I’m finding too I can now complete my journals. I gathered up all my started journals and the stack keeps going. Some havnt been written in for years!
I loved this, I've watched lots of videos about journaling and all of them make it look complicated (more than 1 journal, promps, goal setting, etc). Your video made me feel peace, it's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
So glad to hear that 😊 that’s what I was hoping would be the outcome! It’s completely changed my outlook on journaling. I feel like it actually serves me now
I love FN in my EDC. I do the same thing with just putting whatever I need for that day, could be a list, could be a quote, or brain dump. I keep all my cards, cash, etc in the same cover. Its been a game changer!
That sounds lovely! I definitely like being able to keep other things with my journal. I’ve started adding stickers and pictures as well. Helps with inspiration sometimes too.
Thank you ! As many, I needed to hear that. Yeah!!! I'm not alone ! 😄 Greetings from France
Do you also have stacks and stacks of partially done journals? 😅
Wow, this is a great idea. Thank you for doing this.
Thank you!
Great video Chad. I've always been told journaling is great, but I've never really given it a go (outside of school at least).
Completely understand. I'm glad you brought up school, because that's where I first learned to journal when I was really young. That and the cartoon Doug lol. But in school we had formats we had to follow. I think I'm the type of person that once something like that is learned, it's really had for me (especially later in life) to un-learn it.