#4: Tips To Find The Best Journal For You

Are you the type of person who is biting at the bit and ready to write everyday? Probably not, most of us aren't. So find what suits you!

I went over how I like to write in the black journal, but that is only one of the many I keep. I also have a love journal between my husband and I where we write love notes to each other. It is so exciting to come home from a rough day and find our love journal sitting on my pillow waiting to uplift me.

We also have a journal specifically to record funny quotes we say to each other. Every year we go through and laugh our heads off at the silly things we said to each other.

My mother is not the type to sit down and write in a journal, her mind goes through ideas too fast. However, she does keep a notebook with her whenever an idea pops into her mind. It is not a journal per se, but it allows her to transfer ideas onto paper and it works for her!

-Unkown

Write 3 things you are grateful for, write your life story, write one sentence a month!! It doesn't matter, whatever you decide to do will benefit you! Just realize you're worth it and do it.

Affirmation: My life is important.

#4: Black Journaling Changed My Life

I Don't remember where I first learned about the "black" journal. It is known by many names: cathartic, black, angry, hate journal. I prefer black because it is where you spill everything you can onto paper and then throw it away (into the black abyss.) 

I never realized how much I kept inside until I was challenged to keep a black journal. I was instructed to get a journal or even a notebook that I didn't find all that appealing. I literally chose a black notebook. 

I was told to write when I had an issue that I couldn't fully understand, when someone made me upset, or when I had a negative feeling I couldn't shake. The trick was to write and to keep writing. Not to pay attention to penmanship, grammar, or even legibility until I exhausted the feeling or gained some insight.

An amazing change came into my life. To this day I have not had a time where I went to my notebook and didn't resolve something. I always gained new insight to the issue whether it was understanding the problem, seeing it through another persons view, or getting the feeling out of my system.

It was a blessing to have somewhere I could write and literally let go without feeling judged. It was never meant to be reread or relived. Throwing away feelings I didn't understand allowed me to find who I truly was.

I can tell you it is cheaper than therapy and works wonders on the mind.

Affirmation: I fully and completely accept myself.