Clearing your thoughts through journaling

When people think of journaling, they probably conjure the image of a lone child, tucked away in a bedroom, writing down secret thoughts and ideas starting with the sentence, “Dear Diary.” Fair enough, but without the diary, we wouldn’t have “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Go ahead and mock that, I dare ya. Today there are bullet journals, gratitude journals, and others. Even the Blog, Vlog, and YouTube, stem from journaling and diary writing. In my own life, I use journaling almost every day to clear out what’s on my mind-what’s good, what’s bad, what’s right, what’s wrong. But, each day, perhaps a couple of times, I sit down and write the first thing that comes to mind. It may start off with a thought, feeling, or recalling an event that strikes me in the moment. That can lead to recalling another event or feeling, which leads to a memory, which leads to something else. It’s about the stream of […]