#how to journal

[zzzzzestforlife]

✏️ what no one tells you about how to journal 📒

i was sick of all the "how to journal" content out there recycling the same advice that sounds great but doesn't always work in the reality of daily life. you're welcome 😏 (also low-key a shitpost, but there are nuggets of wisdom in here, i promise 😇)

✍️ what to journal about ✍️

sure, you could journal about self development and treat your diary like your therapist, OR you could write about:

the pettiest grudge you're still holding onto from elementary school 😤

all the gossip about other people's lives that you have Strong Opinions™️ about, but you're a good person, so what goes in the journal, stays in the journal 🤫

all the witty comebacks you never say to people's faces because you're a sensible, non-confrontational person, but also you didn't think of it until later 🙃

the possibilities are endless, let your imagination run wild, and/or feel free to contact the blogger for more 🤭

🚫 when NOT to journal 🚫

this is just as, if not more, important as when to journal.

nothing to say — forget morning pages, i can barely string together a coherent greeting before lunch. also, a whole night's sleep is like a total memory wipe, so i have nothing to write about 🤷‍♀️ and don't listen to whoever says to just write "i have nothing to write about" because if you start enough entries with that, you're gonna begin to feel there's no point BUT THERE IS!! just not right now. and that's okay ☺️

too often — personally, i think it's important not to make journaling your one source of clarity 🔮 continue to think things through in your mind, confide in people you trust, and have moments (in nature, perhaps) that simply can't be transcribed to words 🌼

not feeling it — if you're too tired OR feel fulfilled and clear-headed enough about your day, don't make journaling a chore you have to do no matter what. if that means you don't journal everyday, then so be it 🌝

so when do you journal? in general, when doing so would add something to your day ☀️ whether that's peace, humor, gratitude, or something else.

🎁 materials 🎁

now for the fun part: let's go to the stationery store! 🛒

✒️ GET A PEN THAT WRITES SMOOTHLY! you are literally lowering the physical resistance that's keeping you from journaling, trust me it works. also pencils suck.

🔐 get a journal with a band, lock, clasp, button, etc. — just because it's fun, but it has the added benefit of securing your intellectual property(?)

have a separate journal for writing thoughts vs. schedules vs. todos vs. collections (TBR lists, recipes, etc.) — beats having to make and maintain a whole index to keep it all organized in just one (1) notebook 😵‍💫

🌸 stickers — are a pretty substitute for correction pens 😻 (in theory, but i have yet to use all the washi tape i bought 😅)

or just journal digitally, idgaf, do what works for you, okay? 😇

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[bookboost]

#journal #how to journal #writing

[sproutedlavender]

Just wrote a post on 7 Way to Relax After a Stressful Day because you guys just don't seem to know how to care for yourselves (yes I'm calling you out, also yes you are freakin' important so start making yourself a priority)

#self care #self love #love #life #stress #relaxation #how to relax #self care practices #how to relax after a stressful day #yoga #meditation #journaling #how to journal #nature

[princess-beef]

Stationery Slut

I have 20 self help journal prompt type journals. Some of the questions repeat which angers my ADHD goblin. Probably half of them have some answers filled out. I get stuck a lot because of brain fog. I want to answer every question seriously and with as much truth as possible, but lbr, I have one brain cell and can sometimes remember my childhood, and other times, can’t. I don’t think I need to…

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#depression #how to journal #journaling

[spirituallessons]

How Journaling Can Help With Change You Want to Make

We all have something we want to change in our lives. Maybe we would like more security. Maybe we would like a loving relationship. Maybe we would like better health. Maybe we would like to be an entrepreneur, rather than have a 9 to 5 job. The good news is that we can change these things. With some brainstorming and action steps we can begin the process of change. A great way to do this is…

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#abstract #art #chameleon abstract art #chameleon art #chameleon journal #chameleon symbolism #Change #change journal #empowerment #goal #goals #how to be happy #how to change #how to improve my life #how to improve your life #how to journal #journal #journaling #Law of Attraction #Self Empowerment #Self Improvement #Writing

[pguiler-blog]

Moving into the Unknown

A New Volunteer Opportunity Volunteer work is something I believe everyone should do. It gives us new perspectives and builds our skill sets. Generally, it makes us better people when we give a little slice of our lives to someone else. Most of my volunteer work over the past few years has had to do with church. I’ve been a board member and board chair and sung in the choir. Of course, there…

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#how to journal #volunteer work

[astoldbylayo]

50 Affirmations from 4 Months of Journaling ✨

I’ve spoken a lot about journaling on my blog because I really believe in helpfulness. I mentioned before about how it helped me shift my perspective from always focusing on the negative to the positive and gratitude.

I’ve spoken a lot about journaling on my blog because I really believe in helpfulness. I mentioned before about how it helped me shift my perspective from always focusing on the negative to the positive and gratitude. Although sometimes I see the essence in going back and unpacking the past, I believe what I’ve benefited from the most is talking about little things during my day that have brought…

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#affimations #how to journal #inspiration #journaling #lifestyle #mental health #Mental wellness #mindfulness #planning #positive growth #positivity #self care

[sabertoothwalrus]

I really like how Chilchuck made a huge deal about keeping his private life separate from his work life but objectively he’s not even that good at it. They’d ask how old he is and he gets overly cagey and defensive like 😡😤🤐 “THATS TOO PERSONAL!” which just makes everyone more curious. Like he’s practically waving around the fact that he’s keeping secrets.

meanwhile Senshi is ACTUALLY mysterious, and so casual about it. He barely shares anything unless asked, but every time he does, you realize there’s so much more he’s definitely not telling. He doesn’t seem bothered by most questions, but it almost seems invasive to try to pry for more. What has this man seen. Where has he been. What has he done. There are so many decade-long gaps in his timeline. It’s not even like he’s trying to hide anything (except, y’know, the griffin thing) he just doesn’t talk about himself much.

#another reason I LOVEEEEE that kui gave him a journal. he journals!!!! #how many has he filled over the years? #his archives must be amazing #dungeon meshi #chilchuck tims #senshi of izganda

[kevinthescoutblogger]

Making it Happen (Part 12 in a Series)

“Of all the things that have been helpful to me in personal growth and goal achievement, using my journal daily is at the foundation.  Writing in my journal every single day is the glue that holds everything else together.  My journal is the context for my dreams. It’s my favorite place to be.  It’s where the mental creation happens. And because my mental creation recurs on a daily basis within…

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#How to Journal #journaling #Kevin Hunt

[wombywoo]

soaps 🧼

#cod #call of duty #john soap mactavish #mw2 #my art #look I can do sketches! how bout that #call this a chicken coop the way I'm hatching up a storm #bg images are from soap's journal no I'm not a military tactician~

[goddess-of-silvers]

I know everyone’s mad at Aziraphale right now because of how the season’s ended but I don’t think we’ve talked enough about the fact that Aziraphale has been keeping a diary for centuries (based on the fact the entry we see is from volume 603) and he literally starts his entries with “dear diary, last month Crowley and I both happened to be in Edinburgh”.

#HE WRITES IN HIS DIARY LIKE A STEREOTYPICAL TEENAGE GIRL #HOW IS ANYONE NORMAL ABOUT THIS #also the absolute banger of a fanfic this would be #someone just writing all 603 volumes of Aziraphale’s journals which are all just meetups with crowley #you know his journals are filled of their misadventures as idiots in love #dear dork diary but its aziraphale #HA #ineffable husbands #good omens spoilers #good omens #good omens 2 #aziraphale #anthony j crowley #crowley x aziraphale #go 2x03

[drbtinglecannon]

In Knives Out Blanc wanted to do the murder mystery investigation with Marta so bad, but she was certain she was guilty so she spent a good amount of the movie avoiding/hiding stuff from him

Meanwhile in Glass Onion Helen was fucking carrying the investigation, even while accidentally getting drunk, and even went to investigation lengths Blanc was hesitant to do

#knives out #glass onion #ko: marta actively ruins evidence due to her perceived guilt. blanc knew the entire time she was innocent or ill intent #go: helen fucking diving forward to eavesdrop on duke/miles/whiskey better. helen tossing a tape recorder in birdie's bag. helen listening #in on lionel & claires freak out at the pool. helen did all the research on her sisters journals to get as into the role as possible #marta only standing up for her rightful inheritance at the end after everything vs helen down to ruin those shitheads from the start #i love these movies & the duality in the chars/victims & how it ends. marta gets the house. helen burns miles' down. its just!!!!! AHHH #i just rewatched knives out again so i can rewatch glass onion again tomorrow. im so normal about this series #tc posts #*of ill intent gdi. tumblr mobile let me edit tags

[divorcedfiddleford]

hold shifty gentle like hamburger

#desperately trying to break out of my art block with the guys #anyway happy friday #gravity falls #stanford pines #fiddleford mcgucket #fiddauthor #if u want #i still am disappointed w how the journal handled the shapeshifter. very underwhelming imo #we couldve had a fucked up parental relationship between these guys and their weird homicidal son #or the identity crisis implied by 'am i me? is he me?' #we could've had the thing (1982) but with a much smaller and gayer cast #but instead they just put fiddleford in a box and had him be scared again. lame #artwork of the damned

[sproutedlavender]

#journal #journaling #how to journal #ways to journal #10 ways to journal #life #improve your life #manifestation journal #art journal #dream journal #life journal

[fefairys]

had a dream that someone made a homestuck plugin that let you see the characters going about their lives outside of the events of the comic and i had to recreate this image

#homestuck #homestuck edit #nepeta #nepeta leijon #idk how else to tag this #he ruined my dream journal #edit: jesus i didn’t expect this to get so many notes lmao #it’s ok it’s very funny i appreciate it :) i love the attention

[thotsfortherapy]

so for those of you who don't know, I was recently diagnosed with ADHD-I. So far, I think my favourite thing that I've learned is the idea of "embrace the pivot".

Have you ever found a productivity system that works for you (whether it be your Google calendar, bullet journaling, agenda-ing, etc), and you're so pumped because it's like finally! Now I can actually get some stuff done! But then time passes, days or weeks or years, and the novelty of it runs out, and then it kind of just... Stops working. It can be so frustrating, because this thing that used to work no longer works for seemingly no reason.

But, that isn't a failing of the thing, that thing worked for a certain amount of time, and that's good! I used a massive agenda in my first year of uni, and it kept me on track for all my assignments. My second year agenda? Barely touched it. Instead, I started to use a bullet journal, and that was the thing that helped me through most of the year. But as time went on, my spreads got less creative, and in the final term, I didn't even want to touch it because it was too much work. So I switched to Notion.

The agenda didn't fail me, and neither did the bullet journal, it just worked for a certain amount of time. And when that time inevitably runs out, you can just say, "thank you for serving me for so long, I'm going to pivot to the next thing." And then you do it without feeling like you should try harder or like that thing failed you.

This doesn't just have to apply to productivity either. Systems, tools, habits, hobbies, coping mechanisms.. They all serve their purpose. It's okay to let them go when the time comes.

#cy says stuff #adhd #also i think it's fun because then you learn new skills too #bullet journaling helped my creativity #notion taught me how to design templates based on my own preferences as opposed to presets #1k #2k #3k #4k #5k