5 Useful Reasons Why You Should Be Journaling

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Simple ways to improve your mental health.

How much noise is in your head right now? Is there an unending list of things you need to do and people you need to call? Does the pure volume of information you are thinking about overwhelm you?

If you answer yes to any of these questions, then you should be keeping a journal. In fact, everyone should.

Now before you scoff with images of “Dear Diary…” in your head, give me a chance to explain. Let me show you how journaling is an essential tool for a healthy mind.

Perhaps when you think of journaling, you picture a teenager hunched down on their bed writing in a little book with a small lock and key. It’s true that for young ones, keeping a diary is a great way to work out the problems of growing up.

As a teen, writing in a journal is a safe place to work out anger against your parents, secret crushes, things that scare you that you don’t want to talk about, and all the confusion that comes with ever-changing hormones.

Yet, that value doesn’t stop just because you grow up. It’s my opinion that the benefits of journaling only increase with time.

Before I go on, I want you to know that my purpose in writing this story is not just about getting claps, follows, and shares. While I would love all of those things, this is a subject that I am passionate about.

Personally, I have kept a journal since November of 1983. If you’re a young person reading this, I know, that makes me ancient. Trust me, it doesn’t seem possible that I’ve carried on this tradition for more than 35 years.

My journals have been my only true and constant companion. No matter what else has happened in my life, from a mental illness diagnosis, a rare chronic illness, or the start and end of serious…

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