![]() ![]() Most of the time, I don’t need those feelings again. Since I wrote them down, I can tell myself that if I ever need those Important Feelings, I can come back to them any time I need to. Sometimes I’m afraid that if I ignore these Important Feelings, then I will regret it. Those feelings now feel taken care of and I can move on. By writing them down, I haven’t smothered or ignored them. Writing how even seemingly unimportant things makes me feel has helped me process my emotions. I miss our old life where we were able to eat out more often and I got a break from doing the dishes. I felt overwhelmed by the amount of dishes there were to do. We are self-isolating because of the corona virus. I did the dishes today because my family has been home for a week now. It can help you give yourself much needed validation and compassion. Maybe you didn’t realize how much of an adjustment that was for you to do the dishes until you wrote it down and thought about it. It will also help you process what you are going through right now. Writing down why you do things will give meaning to your entries when you go back and read them. I can promise you, as someone who regularly reads old journal entries, that it is not obvious. People often assume they will remember why it was significant that they did the dishes on that day. Context is easily lost in old journal entries. We are self-isolating because of the corona virus.Īdding why you do things to your journal entry will give it context. When you record what happened in the day, ask yourself why. So here’s where the other questions come in to help your journal entry. For example:Īnd then you make another entry in 10 years, right? Haha. Most people when they write a journal entry only include the what and when. I’ll show you a sample journal entry and how each of these items can make it better. But I had never thought about how to apply it to journal writing. This is something you might have heard in writing. ![]() Anyone else having a lot of stress and emotions right now? Journaling has been a big help to me during these stressful times and I hope this helps you, too. This method will also help you process your stress and emotions. I’ll show you how to make anything into an interesting journal entry. When I was a teenager, I got some advice on how to write a journal entry that I have followed ever since and I wanted to share it with you. My first journal entry was actually written by my mom under my direction because I was too young to write.
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