Journaling

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I’ve tried numerous times in the past few year to start and keep a journal. I’ve failed. A lot. I start, then completely lose steam a few weeks or even days later. But I recently came across my journal from my first year of college. I looked through it and realized that I wrote in it almost every single day! As I looked through it I realized why. I wasn’t strict about I put in it. I didn’t push myself to write a certain amount or to put certain things in it. I just wrote whatever I happened to think about at that point in time. Even if nothing happened to me that day or week, I just wrote what I was feeling or reading or listening to. I’ve finally realized that I was trying too hard. I tried to force myself into a certain mindset and that was just not working.

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So, I’ve started anew. The only rule is that I don’t let myself get caught up in rules. I won’t try to force it like I did in the past. Just get my thoughts down, whether in written or drawn form or just pasting things down on paper. I will not conform to my previous thoughts about what the journal of a mature adult should be like. I am me, not someone else. My journal should reflect me and how my own mind works. Wish me luck!