The Power of Journaling: What Writing Can Really Do For You

I’ll be the first to admit that I was the world’s biggest journal skeptic. As someone who’s been in therapy for most of my life, journaling was always a coping skill I was told to use. I was never interested, blaming it on my low patience level and being to busy to set aside time to journal. It wasn’t until I experienced a breakup that I thought I should give journaling a try. 

As soon as I opened a notebook and picked up a pen, the words just started flowing right out of me. I was able to take my feelings and put them into words that I didn’t even know I had in me. After I wrote, it felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. It was really relieving to have some of that devastating feeling off of my mind, it felt so much clearer. Another thing I found really cool was that because I had written down so many of my feelings at so many different stages, I was able to look back at every part of my healing process and it really put so much of my life into perspective for me. I made it through some extraordinarily tough times, and being able to remind myself of what I’ve gone through and how I got through it even stronger makes me feel really proud.

Tips To Start Your Own Journey: 

1. Get a pretty notebook/journal to write in that makes you feel inspired!

I know it sounds really silly, but your notebook or journal of choice is really important! Getting something pretty to write in can definitely help you feel more inspired to write in your journal and make it feel like you are doing something fun rather than something you are forcing yourself to do. 

2. Incorporate Journaling into Your Pre Existing Routine!

Sometimes it’s hard to make time for something like journaling because you feel like you don’t have time to sit and write about your feelings, but once you incorporate it into your morning or night time routine and make that specific time to focus on yourself, it can really start out or end your day on a nice, relaxing note. Remember that making time for you is as important as anything else ❤️. 

3. Don’t Get Discouraged About Topics.

Sometimes your words will flow naturally, and sometimes they won’t, and that’s okay! Coming up with topics to write about can be hard. Some of my favorites to go off of are writing about my day, writing about what I’m grateful for, and picking a certain feeling I’ve been experiencing lately and writing about what I think triggers it. It can also be helpful to go on Tik Tok or Pinterest and find some prompts there as well! 

There are so many wonderful things that come with journaling, and I really feel like I learned so much about myself after starting to incorporate specific time to feel my feelings and recognize them. It can feel like a really daunting task, but the rewarding feeling that you feel afterwards makes it all worth it. You never know unless you try. Happy journaling!