My notebooks aren't as much about documenting my life as about managing emotions and making plans. I'm not joking when I say that it is the main thing which keeps me sane during bad times. The time and effort I put into journaling directly correlate to how happy, calm and productive I am.
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Like any habit, journaling is easier said than done. I tried for years (all of the half-empty notebooks in my childhood bedroom can attest to this) and didn’t form a sustaining habit until I studied abroad in college and wrote in a travel journal daily. Something just clicked during that time, and I kept it up when I was back in the States, where it morphed from a catalogue of the places I visited and food I ate into a place to work through feelings, expand on questions or random observations and set goals for myself.
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