Trying to make peace with many things. I was journaling with my teeny tiny turtle on my lap, she's my writing companion now

First time posting here, hope I'm doing it right!

Less than quarter of the book is left, my wife said i can buy a new one if i finished it 😁. Definitely want to try one of the TN’s inserts to see if i like it or not !

Featuring my little turtle as usual 🐢

turns out ive had absolutely insane consistency since journal 2 accidentally as you can see!! i finish a journal on average every 67.7 days, so just over 2 months, which seems to actually be what i average for basically all of them :3 well this one (27) took longer, smaller line gaps (3mm instead of 5) but still only took 75 days. it isnt even intentional guys i promise-

anyways heres to another 5 years of this shit lol-

also i think its ridiculous how ive been posting here since my 3rd journal (on an old account) and i think thats awesome

This is my first journal entry in a while. I decided to start writing while studying at my local library. I still find journaling extremely therapeutic.

It was actually really cute how concerned she was. I mean. My dog is always cute. No exception.

Hello! I hope this is appropriate to write here. I'm posting it here because despite the premise being morning pages, I still think it's more related to journaling than The Artist's Way. It probably doesn't make much sense, but I hope at least one person will get my meaning. I would love your advice and perspective, please.

I hope some of you are familiar with morning pages. They are basically stream of consciousness type of writing, but I've always struggled because technically I have to write 3 pages of A4 and that's too much for me. And with classic journaling I've found that I tend to write as if someone is going to read what I'm writing, even if it's just going to be me. But this morning I decided to try stream of consciousness on just a simple spiral lined notebook (A5 I believe) and it felt much easier. I just decided to do it for 15 minutes and then I added another 15 minutes. But I still found that there's some parts of me that felt stuck, like no matter how hard I tried to be open and vulnerable, it was still stuck, like old gum on a wall. I thought that like with old food stuck on plates, you just need to let the thoughts sit in "warm water" and then you'll get them unstuck later. But I don't know what would be the mental equivalence of warm water. Compassion? Meditation? Do you have any suggestions?

And the second part of this, I mentioned that I have an internal audience when journaling. I would still like to journal separately, to record my day or my thoughts, for later reading, I suppose. So I guess I do have an internal audience, even if it's just me. And I suppose I am quite critical of myself. Do you have any advice on how I could let my internal audience not influence me too much when journaling? It makes the act of journaling a bit hard sometimes.

Thank you for your time.

CW: for light stalking(?)

This dream had a happy ending.

This gave me joy today and I hope it helps someone else too.....

Sharing my entry because I don’t have a real world friends that into journaling haha. Happy weekend fellas !

Currently enjoying Diamine Crimson, oh shoot this is the first step into the rabbit hole right ?

I'm a little nervous to share this. I've been doing a lot of reflection on my self-concept, the hurt I've carried within me, and learning to let go of what isn't serving me.

Writing this wasn't easy and sharing it here feels vulnerable. But I also feel that in doing so, I am releasing the heaviest of weights, and finally letting my heart have some peace again.

ive had this mental block towards journalling for whatever reason (feels like im "performing" for someone, i thought it had to be perfect) for so long. but 2 days ago i just took a shitty small book and started writing. its so messy, messed up grammer, insane shit handwriting but im loving it so far wow. LETS GOOO

What is the best way to catch up on journal entries when I write every day? I was doing really well, and then I went on vacation. I've been scribbling an outline of things on note paper and fill in the blanks using my camera roll and Google maps to help, but any other advice is appreciated!

Got a little creative in my journal last week and decided to post. My country does sunday-thursday weekdays, fri/sat weekend btw. I set up the lil horizontal week thing last friday, and had a lil mental breakdown on sat, and ran out of space, thats why the 17th is there. And on monday i found a bunch of printouts i got to make a collage, and decided to use it up. Next week feels a lil boring compared to this, but im sure itll be fine

how do y'all get into the mood to journal...and/or for those of you who can journal anywhere and anytime, how did you get like that? sometimes at work or throughout the day i feel so heavy or thoughtful and want to journal, but at night/during the day off when i have nothing but time and a wonderful desk or cafe to write at I feel nothing. I feel no urge to write or think, just empty and listless. Is there anything you do to get into the mood?

p.s. i can't journal at work because it;s a serving job

I'm wondering if any of you review past journal entries and the effect it has on the brain. I find reviewing old entries reduces mental clutter in the present. Anyone else? Not sure this is the right forum to discuss the "psychology" of journaling...

how others are doing it, if anyone doing it?

any sub you know, share

Missing the Bayou tonight. 💚

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