Aug 3, 2026 · 25 min · 10 segments
Putting my thoughts, pen to paper, got me through one of the hardest times in my life and looking back, I often wonder how my body knew instinctively, that is what it needed, at such a trying time…
I don't stick with it," uh, just give me a little bit of your time and hear me out, because I think this might open your mind to a different view of journaling.
This isn't about writing every single morning, or having perfect penmanship, or finding profound words to make you sound like an author of a book.
I wanna talk about something that's much deeper than that.
Journaling can help you find inner stability, and I truly believe that many of us spend years trying to fix ourselves when what we're actually longing for is just simple understanding ourselves.
And when you look at it that way, I think there's such a difference.
Knowing that we live in a world that teaches us how to move quickly, and keep busy, and push through, and don't cry, don't be angry, don't be too emotional, but show your emotions and share your feelings, and it's just so overwhelming the rules of what- how we're supposed to react to any situation in our life.
And basically we smile, but we're exhausted.
And in doing so, I believe we've become experts in kind of ignoring ourselves and what our actual needs are.
Think about the last time that you felt like you were falling apart, like your life was just in shambles, and somebody asked you how you were.
What was your reaction? "Oh, I'm good.
I'm fine.
Everything's going well." And the truth is, you probably don't even know what's actually bothering you, because the idea and the dauntingness of sitting and actually being truthful with yourself about what it is that's bothering you has probably kept you lying to yourself for long enough that you dismiss it yourself, and these become knee-jerk reactions.
And then one day, we wake up and we're wondering, "Why the heck am I so anxious? Why am I feeling so disconnected to everybody I know?" Or my favorite, "Why can't I just relax? Why does sitting on the couch feel like I'm doing something wrong? Why is it that when I am sitting on the couch but I hear the doorknob click and somebody's getting home, I feel like I have to jump up and show everybody that I'm actually doing something?" Somewhere along the way, you just stopped listening to yourself.
You stopped listening to your body, your emotions, and signals that were trying to show you that you're here all along, and I genuinely believe that journaling gives you a way back to that.
Pen to paper, it actually becomes a conversation with the one person you've spent your entire life with: you.
I don't stick with it," uh, just give me a little bit of your time and hear me out, because I think this might open your mind to a different view of journaling.
This isn't about writing every single morning, or having perfect penmanship, or finding profound words to make you sound like an author of a book.
I wanna talk about something that's much deeper than that.
Journaling can help you find inner stability, and I truly believe that many of us spend years trying to fix ourselves when what we're actually longing for is just simple understanding ourselves.
And when you look at it that way, I think there's such a difference.
Knowing that we live in a world that teaches us how to move quickly, and keep busy, and push through, and don't cry, don't be angry, don't be too emotional, but show your emotions and share your feelings, and it's just so overwhelming the rules of what- how we're supposed to react to any situation in our life.
And basically we smile, but we're exhausted.
And in doing so, I believe we've become experts in kind of ignoring ourselves and what our actual needs are.
Think about the last time that you felt like you were falling apart, like your life was just in shambles, and somebody asked you how you were.
What was your reaction? "Oh, I'm good.
I'm fine.
Everything's going well." And the truth is, you probably don't even know what's actually bothering you, because the idea and the dauntingness of sitting and actually being truthful with yourself about what it is that's bothering you has probably kept you lying to yourself for long enough that you dismiss it yourself, and these become knee-jerk reactions.
And then one day, we wake up and we're wondering, "Why the heck am I so anxious? Why am I feeling so disconnected to everybody I know?" Or my favorite, "Why can't I just relax? Why does sitting on the couch feel like I'm doing something wrong? Why is it that when I am sitting on the couch but I hear the doorknob click and somebody's getting home, I feel like I have to jump up and show everybody that I'm actually doing something?" Somewhere along the way, you just stopped listening to yourself.
You stopped listening to your body, your emotions, and signals that were trying to show you that you're here all along, and I genuinely believe that journaling gives you a way back to that.
Pen to paper, it actually becomes a conversation with the one person you've spent your entire life with: you.
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Journaling Saved My Life
Her personal heartbreak reveals journaling's profound power
Anxiety As Smoke Alarm
Consider this comparison before judging your anxiety
Anxiety Remembers Your Past
She reframes worry as body's protective memory
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