Two weeks ago I was talking to
Becky about how I can never remember what happens the day before and Becky said
“why don’t you start journaling?” and I said “I don’t know, I don’t like
writing but I probably should.” Later
that day I went out and bought a nice leather journal and started that night. Never
in a million years would I have thought that I would be blogging about how I
like journaling. I have never journaled
before mainly because I hate writing. I
never enjoyed it in school and I’ve never done it on my free time. I also didn’t understand why would you
journal, I mean come on you should remember what went on in the day right? It would also take time and I would rather be
sleeping, hanging with friends, or playing League or something.
It
turns out journaling is actually super helpful!
First off I would like to say I actually like writing in my
journal. Yes I am actually saying that,
I LIKE WRITING. (If Carmen, Michelle, or
any of my English teachers read this I bet your minds are being blown right
now, and no sorry my writing has not gotten any more grammatically correct
:p) It is enjoyable, yes it does take a
lot of time to formulate my thoughts and remember what actually happened in the
day but it’s totally worth it.
Journaling has helped me close out my thoughts at night. Sometimes I have trouble sleeping because of
everything that has gone on that day so I end up staying up thinking about
those things. When I journal I write all
those down and it formulates my thoughts and then I can come back to them later
if I need to. Journaling also helps me
remember things, even by the end of the day I forget so many things I needed a
way to remember what happened that day.
It has become more prevalent now because when I am doing ministry I want
to remember the moments when I have a good talk with a kid, I get to share
Jesus, or even when I get a “makeover” by 4 1st-3rd
graders, (that’s a whole story in itself).
Now I will always remember that moment now because I wrote it down. I also want to remember how God is working in
my life and those lives around me.
I am excited to be able to look
back and read what I was thinking and feeling down the road. I honestly wish that I started doing this
earlier and I would suggest to everyone to start journaling because it helped
me a total non-writer and I think it could help you!
