Journaling is a much-valued tool in the practice of selfcare. Writing is therapeutic as it allows you to empty your mind and purge your feelings. Write down your thoughts, just jot it all down, the fears, the joys, the wishes, the loves, the dreams. Writing in a journal establishes a comforting routine signalling to you that you can safely unburden your soul, no prying eyes around as it is a safe haven. It enables you to note down your triumphs, your hopes, your losses, your mistakes and so forth. Journal writing helps you to see the path you have journeyed, the inevitable detours, dead ends and wrong turns you have made thus far, with greater clarity. This allows you to plot how to stay on course and which areas of your life you should direct your attention to. Spending a moment to allow your consciousness to pour forth on paper will reveal to you astounding truths. New revelations will be unveiled concerning your worldview.  

Journaling is like going on a holiday, as it allows you to escape your everyday life, without having to leave the comfort of your home. A good journaling session leaves you feeling refreshed, as if you just returned from holiday. Your journey is inward bound, a mind retreat, traversing the everchanging landscapes of your mind.  

You will note that the more you pour yourself out into your writing, the better you feel. Reason being that you are literally emptying your overtaxed mind by writing down your innermost thoughts and feelings, thus freeing up space. Studies shows that journaling is beneficial as all that empty space you create in your mind leaves room for creative and innovative ideas to come rushing in. Studies also indicate that journaling helps you to stop obsessing and allows you to make sense of the emotional, external and psychological inputs that may otherwise overwhelm you. It allows you to figure things out. You are not limited to what you can reveal. These reflections are for your eyes only, so you can reveal all, without judgement and guilt-free. 

Journals can be used to record a plethora of things, such as a gratitude, exercise, travel, creativity and so forth. It is a great way to record not only your private musings but can be used to record your forays into your different interests and hobbies. There is a journal for every need.  

1. Journal  2. Notebook 3. Pens 

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Here are a few of my favourite quotes to inspire you to start journaling and create a memoir that records a first-hand daily account of your sojourns and escapades for posterity. Reading quotes can just be that extra nudge your creativity needs to burst forth and unveil the golden nuggets that is buried in your psyche. The following quotes need no explanation as they are self-explanatory and affirm the message of this article. 

Write hard and clear about what hurts - Ernest Hemmingway. 

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you - Maya Angelou  

Writing eases my suffering...writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence - Gao Xingjian 

Journal writing, when it becomes a ritual for transformation, is not only life-changing but life-expanding - Jennifer Williamson 

Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change - Julia Cameron 

I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say - Flannery O’Connor