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On Journaling

Hi, so i LOVE journaling. im obsessed with it, i love talking about, its my main personality trait, i try to convince everyone i meet to journal (and have succesfully convinced many of my friends to do so).

I would like to talk about it, and answer questions about it. More than anything i think this is an interest and hobby of mine that has become so integral to my being and i cannot live without it and i think its super super helpful and fun. Obviously for many people it isnt helpful or inspiring but it could be! give it a try! so here is a LONG post about my basic journaling practice, why i journal, and how i became consistent and happy with it.

My journal collection.

Currently im actively using a 3 notebook system, and i have 4 total journals. the first (A) is my regular journal one that i will habit track, write my goals, ramble, diary entries, collages. anything. the second is my commonplace book (B) (the most recent additon) which i use to collect information i want to reference back to (everday reciepes, facts, excersizes/activities) and i also use it as a on the go notebook since its small enough to fit in my purse. 3rd (C) in my system is my planner. its a blank notebook that i draw a calender in and use it for to-do lists or things i need to remember, its the messiest of the 3. the 4th is a bit of a wildcard, i have a journal that i am making for a friend and they are making one for me and we trade them once they are done. fun little bonding activity, i do more prompts and artistic collages and lists for them.

I am pretty picky but also broke so i wanted to share the types of journals i use. type A is currently a art creation sketchbook (im canadian so a win for us) i adore it and its a good length of pages for me since i can finish them quickly and they are thick enough for me to draw in on occassion. B is a A6 spiral bound blank muji notebook, small enough for my purses and i like the hard cover so i can flip it over and write even without a hard surface. C was a gift, a grid notebook a freind got me but i have in the past used an A5 muji blank notebook, im the least picky with this type. Just no lines, my handwriting is messy and lines get in the way.

My History + Why

so i have been doing diary writing of some sort since i was a kid, if very sporatically. i was definitly inspired by dork diaries <3 and i for sure think it was a way for me to talk to someone about the traumas i was experiencing without guilt or shame. I have journaled on and off for years. i started taking it a bit more seriously in highschool, I'd finish one journal every like 2 years/1.5 years. last fall i had a pretty thin notebook that i didnt love that i had for oct-dec since i didnt want to start a new nice one so close to the end of the year and for some reason i just poured into it. i think the goal of finishing it was motivated 1. because i was excited to use my new one for the new year 2. i was very conciously working on my mental health and developing new hobbies, 3. i was away from my friends, and 4. I decied that instead of having the like 5 journal system i previously did (why idk) and being so precious about it i would mush them all into one and build from there. this year I have finished 2 journals and started my 3rd one yesterday. not even that i was trying. infact my first journal of the year i thought was so beautiful so i was a bit precious about it sometimes. It just got solidified as a habit, and i needed it as a coping mechanism. its definitely something i use more when I'm feeling lonley or my friends are away at school, but even during the summer i love it. I dont force myself anymore which is a wonderful feeling.

The biggest change i made to become consistent started with me noticing how bad of a vibe my journals had before. i only ever journaled the bad things or the things i was too embarassed to say. So everytime i picked it up i felt BAD. i stopped using my journal at the time half way through and started a new one with the express mentality that i was going to do both good and bad things in one space. make it my life. I started writing out my goals semi regularly, documenting good days like my birthdays, journaling while waiting for friends at cafes, sticking in receipts and packaging, doing pretty/ugly collages, all while also journaling through late night breakdowns, difficult times, therpay sessions, and coping strategies. i used it as a place to extend my joy AND process my sadness and mental health. the point is, make your journal a confidant. Its so helpful for me (a chronic oversharer) to write stuff down and then if i still feel the urge to talk to someone i do. this doesnt limit my social interaction but enhances the conversations i can have because I have already processed parts of my emotions.

So generally speaking i journal because its helpful and fun. I suspect i have ADHD and i also dissacociate from my depression/anxiety so i forget things. both good and bad. so i need a record of not only my plans but also the good things that happen in my life. Nostalgia runs deep in my bones and i cannot wait to read these back as i age. every year i wish i had journaled more in my childhood. its also a way for me to process my emtions and feelings without spiraling, i write slower than i type so it forces me to slow down. I also feel like externalizing my emotions to a book gets them out of my head. there are a few anxiety reducing things i have learned that help A TON

You dont need to be consistent about it, there has been days or weeks where i dont touch my journal because i dont feel the need to. But because of the years of practice i know when i havent been thinking about my emotions or I feel like my brain is a mess that i need to. Even when i've just had a really really good conversation i know its something i want to write down. sometimes i will type entries into my phone and either print them or copy them into my journal.

My journals, past and present, are some of my most prized possessions. PLEASEE feel free and encouraged to ask me things or tell me about your journaling practice!!!!

This girl is so special to me. I can't even explain how lucky I am to have her in my life. She's literally so perfect in her own little ways like, her smile, her laugh, her eyes every thing about her is amazing. I know we are young, but i want you forever, I want us forever.

@liztical

If you stay forever, let me hold your hand I can fill those places in your heart no else can Let me show you love, oh, I don't pretend, yeah I'll be right here…

Because my love for you is greater than words, I've decided to keep quiet.

Until u found that person and u will never ever get the thought of not getting loved enough and they will give u the every reason that u are being loved with everything

Loving yourself is fun until you realize you are afraid to fall in love with someone else, in the fear of doing yourself wrong, of falling too hard, of not getting loved enough

Some women are like "Oh no, I'm not a feminist" or just shitting on feminism in general while getting equal opportunity in their education, getting paid equal to their male counterparts, wearing pants outside their home, posting things on social media, giving opinion about the government and so much more which feminists fought for. Babe, u are living ur privileged life because of feminism, stop being delusional.

And as humans we never realise how much we crave serenity, sometimes in serenity itself and often in chaos too.

Never have I felt this wretched by a book, never! Being weak at heart I intentionally avoid reading disturbing books but I just couldn't resist this one. I finished this in two sittings, first half out of excitement of starting and the second half of wanting to see it throught the end. I had already been warned about part 3, but reading it was one of the most bravest reading I've ever done, NGL. Part 3 was so dreadful, treacherous, exhilarating I could feel a knot in my throat just reading it, I was literally squeezing on anything in hold to let the feeling subside. At points I felt I should just leave it but I knew it wouldn't leave me alone, so I saw through it. Towards the end I had developed major trust issues and just waited for how worse it could go, it did worsen and worsen but the two of them saw through it two, the third could not. I was numb. As much of a hopeless romantic I am I wouldn't dare to say all's well that ends well NOOO!!! I'd rather have them be seperated than go through all that they had to go through.

The worst part is that it's not just fiction, it's a reality of thousands and thousands of women around the world, it was the same 100 years ago and even today in not just war stricken Afghanistan but also in the society we live in. All the freedom and alternatives we take for granted would feel like heaven to those women. And calling out all the stupid illiterate donkeys who twist religion to impose their will on women, when they themselves know what kind of assholes they are. Prepare your excuses well for the day of judgement.

I don't know who are the human animals here people who were dying of starvation finally having a sigh of relief at the sight of food or the ones who baited these 600,000 starving people with merely two air drops of flour and shooted and killed 150 people within just 10 minutes

How can people still not realise that this is one of most heinous war crimes to ever happen and still the opressors are shown and accepted as oppressed?

I love being warm - taking hot showers, drinking hot coffee or steamed milk, cuddling up in my fave blanket or just lying in his arms

I am okay with your history. It made you who you are. And I happen to be in love with who you are.

-S.C. Stephens

I had never met a soul, who could speak my language. Until there was you. You, are fluent in me.

getting back to calligraphy after quiet a long while

✩☾⋆⁺₊🎧✩°.•.¸♡𝒮𝒽ℴ𝓉 𝑔𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓈 ℴ𝒻 𝓉ℯ𝒶𝓇𝓈 ♡¸.• ｡‧₊˚ ☁️⋅♡𓂃 ࣪ ִֶָ☾ 0:31 ———♡——— 2:47 ◁◁ ▐ ▌ ▷▷

Pinterest is scary cuz every time I open it I either get immense motivation to study or i want to switch my career goals to being a fashion designer, author/poet, makeup artist, cafe-cum-bookstore owner etc.

Life is like reading. Every time we finish a book and bid farewell to the characters, we may feel intense sorrow and emptiness. Isn't it the same in life? When someone leaves, it's just us finishing the chapters and books they were in. We may feel like they were the best characters ever but we don't know what the new books will have in store for us. We might meet a few better characters, which in my experience has always been the case.

Loving yourself is fun until you realize you are afraid to fall in love with someone else, in the fear of doing yourself wrong, of falling too hard, of not getting loved enough

From the moment I met you, my life was all you You’re the star that turns ordinaries into extraordinaries One after another, everything is special The things you’re interested in, the way you walk or talk, and every little trivial habit of yours

-Suga, Boy with Luv

Re-watching Nevertheless and I can't believe I fangirled over a character like Park Jae On, just cuz I like Song Kang a lot. Don't know why I am so annoyed over every little thing he is doing this time

the fact that I get stuff done even tho I procrastinate is the reason I procrastinate

its finally 3rd December and there's still no one to give me his sweater

Wish i was heather

"You look at him and see the stars and he looks at you and sees the sun and then you both think the other is looking at the ground."

really random but i just finished watching seventeen's MAMA compilation and to state the obvious my adrenaline was at its peak during their performance, no one's doing it like them

But then they showed them winning album of the year, and scoups was there in his white turtleneck, block overcoat, getting teary eyed and they go up to accept their first Daesang and they are giving their speeches and i am holding myself together watching them( a little brag-they still don't have subs yet but my Korean lessons were worth it and i could understand most of it) and then seungkwan comes and starts talking all sobbing and HE MENTIONS MOONBIN. That's it. I rarely ever cry watching stuff online but that moment i was such a sobbing mess

i really wish wish that every eldest daughter has an elder brother in some universe who will cook her favorite comfort food, teases her for petty things, secretly sneaks on her dates and lets her cry in his arms when things go wrong