what i learned from 10 years of journaling: the story of the story of my life 

i never thought that i'd be so grateful for tens of thousands of people on the internet reading excerpts of my most personal intimate journal entries but here we are... thank you everyone for watching and sharing your own journaling stories!! i'm so in love with the energy of this comment section 🥰

For me one of the craziest things about looking back at old journals is seeing how much you/your life has changed to the point that you feel like an entirely different person

"because if you're gonna carry something around with you for an entire year, you should probably make sure that you like it" so profound, resonates with me. definitely can apply to other areas of life too :)

I started journaling in 2021 and i didn’t even know what i was doing, it was kind of a relief like a diary but i kept writing and writing until i realized i already have 3 journals and it’s pretty unbelievable for me because i marked every page with all the things that I’ve had in mind and it’s like a portal to see how my mind has worked since i was 16…

Lifelong diarist here! I got my first diary at five, unfortunately it is lost. My oldest is from when I was nine. I am 29 now, and fill up a diary in less than a year. It took me many years to fill up a diary. Literally don't worry about it, and buy the pretty diary you want even if you haven't finished the last one. Don't worry about it at all.

this video is oddly therapeutic and made me want to write a journal entry about the friends in my life i am thankful for. thank you

This is great. I've been journaling for almost 20 years now, wow. Reading back can induce anger, cringe, perplexity, laughter, but most of all gratefulness that I kept using this incredible tool for self-knowledge. Each entry holds the treasure of its memory, but also the promess of a new insight when read at a new stage of your life. I haven't written in a few weeks and you just reminded me there are things I need to put on paper. Thank you, hope you have a great day !

I have an academic journal in which I record my exam results and how I felt the exam went and how I could improve. It's really interesting looking back on how far I've come and it's really motivated me to push myself and weirdly enjoy the exam experience. Since I've started writing in it I've become far less stressed over exams and that's helped me to push my grades up as I just don't seem to panic any more which ultimately helps me to focus. I'd highly recommended it to anyone that's struggling with school or just wants to be able to look back on their achievements, academic or otherwise

my best friend gave me a journal for my birthday last year, with a note in the front to start it off and a note in the back for when i fill it up. sometimes i go back and read what they wrote and it helps me make the most genuine entries i can, and I'm motivated to fill the journal up so that i can read the note at the back. they said, when they gave it to me, that i was only to read the note at the back when the journal was full. I'm around halfway through, journaling at least once every two weeks. it's a powerful habit. it really is. and i've yet to read the note at the end.

Once I visited to my tutor house, I saw many journals of her . She is now 60. She wrote that since she was 18 and she is still writing. What a wonderful habit! And impressive! . She said that she wrote at least one page a day and encouraged us to do like her. She also said " you can think it is trash for now but you will know it is treasure and priceless experiences of your life in future

Started journaling in 2009 at 8 years old. I have 13 journals now. It’s been the backbone of my identity, the essence of my memory and why it’s so well-developed and detail-oriented and my therapist. Journalling is incredible. It’s kept me in the light when I forgot who I was in difficult times. It’s kept me sane during quarantine. It keeps me happy in times of darkness. Journalling is the best.

Beautiful video Sarah. I started journalling when I was 14. Around 17, my then girlfriend kept pestering me about wanting to read it. I was not comfortable sharing it, so I burnt my journals. Since then I'd keep slimmer journals and destroy them when they were filled. When I was 28, I came back from work one day and found out the girl I was dating then was reading my journal and she thought it'd be funny to reference my innermost thoughts to me and make fun of them. I could never look at her the same and we eventually drifted apart. Since then I tend to write stuff online a lot. But I still like prefer pen and paper. I'm 35 now. I often write and tear off the page and throw it away. For me looking back at them is not important. But it's been a huge part of how I have navigated life in the past 2 decades and something I'm pretty sure to keep doing until I die.

it's cool that you actually kept those journals and wrote down all those now seemingly mundane parts of your teenage life. i was always too afraid someone would read my stuff and so I would cut away all the details and just write I'm happy or I'm grateful. I definitely wish i had written down more emotions y'know to see what I was feeling then and how I overcame them and like you said how things get better with time even though in that moment it seems like there's no way out.

I’m a 15 year old girl. My life is filled with angst and stress, no surprise there, yea? This is just really reassuring to hear. Things will get better and I’ll understand more as I get older. Bad feelings don’t last forever

It's amazing how you can document ur whole year in one journal (forgetting the fact that you used several small ones a couple years). Because I end up filling up like 3-4 journals each year with my silly thoughts.

man. i love to see other people be so in love with journalling for different reasons. i've tried keeping a diary as a kid because i thought it made me look oh so cool and secretive, but of course, that motivation didn't last long :D when some traumatic things started happening to me, a notebook of mine which i was previously using to jot down ideas for fanfictions (can you tell i was popular) became the place for me to dump all of it, to get it off my mind and documented for therapy years later. journalling has saved my life and since then, i've changed my approach to it several times. it's versatile and you can really costumize it to fit your needs. i'm on my fifth or sixth now and it still helps me out tremendously and in the end i just really like the feel of a well-loved notebook :]

I started journaling when I was 10 and now it's been 15 years already. It's a really amazing thing, it helps with creativity, emotional regulation and it's always nice to see how you've changed over years and all ways in which you've grown. I'm so glad people journal, since it has had such an impact on me. 😊

Ok, I'll say it out loud, This girl TOTALLY convinced me to have my own journal when 100s of people I have seen journaling couldn't. She made me realise how important having my thoughts and experiences out on that paper can be, either for remembering my memories or seeing how much I have grown over the years, and I can't thank you enough for it❤

im a young teen and i just started journaling this january. I’m super excited to see where this is going to take me, and how it will affect my life in years to come. :))

I do agree that's journals may be a little to therapeutic, But I did never realize that's most of time I did journal because I felt sad and lonely, I will focus on journaling during happy events too. And also I'm so excited when I grow up and see how I've changed and fighted the problems thats come to me.

"Having emotions is not cliché" This is so true. Your emotions are valid. If you feel it then you feel it, you cannot let others dictate how you should feel. Thank you for this inspiration. ❤

When i read back i usually get sad because there are so many devastating thoughts about being alone, and i didn't even remeber, so it's like even myself has forgotten the existence of that little person. My journals were the only safe place that i had for a very long time, they are something very important to me. I have really enjoyed this video, its amazing 🧡🧡🧡🧡 love u

I have been journaling since 2008, and I am 25 now.. I recently got rid of all my journal diaries. Although it helped me to soothe, calm, and release all my feelings by letting it out in those diaries, I felt like it was too personal for anybody to read it. I feel more calm, relaxed, and at peace after getting rid of those diaries (the painful+traumatic+happy+sad experiences accumulated for all those years). I consciously decided to integrate the lessons I learned from people, places, and my experience with them. It definitely feels great to be a lifelong writer, but at the same time its also a reminder to cleanse, and I personally would not regret putting out all those diaries. Thank you God, thank you Universe.

I find it comforting to know that others write the way I write. All the video's I have seen about people who journal, only share about the cringe things they wrote when they were eight or something. This time I got to see a little about how other people my age aren't very different from me. Thank you so much!

But the only challenging thing is hiding our journal from others.😂🤣🤣

I love reading my old journals, it helps me remember some of the memories I had forgotten, especially the good memories because the hurtful ones are remembered more easily! 🤗

People always wonder WHY I journal so much. This video perfectly summarizes why I keep journaling and captures essence and beauty of it 💕✨ I journal for 6 years now. I really don't know when that time passed, but I'm so glad thet I've starded my journey back then. Journaling now isn't a thing that I'm forcing myself to do - it's just so natural, it's something I need and it helps in many ways. Time passes so quickly, but in those pages you have a proof how many things actually happen - even on another normal, boring day. Happy memeories give me hope in worse days, cuz brighter days will ALWAYS come. I actually write contents with a dates of happy entries on the back of my journal so I could find them easily! 🥰

this made me so emo & want to start journalling again wow i love this & u

Journaling is an incredibly powerful tool that can help us reflect on our thoughts, emotions, and experiences. It's inspiring to hear how someone has been able to use journaling for 10 years to capture their journey and reflect on their growth. It's a reminder of the value of taking the time to reflect on our lives and the impact it can have on our personal development.

Thank you RU-vid algorithm for recommending this video! As a diarist of around a decade as well, I felt so many good feelings watching this Sarah. It is one of those RU-vid videos which you scratch your head and wonder why both you and the video haven't blown up. Extremely well produced, insightful and poignant, you should be really proud of both your writing journey and how well you have captured it :) It would be great to hear more about your journaling experience in other videos.

I started journaling a year ago, and it has helped me so much in life. It is a digital journal, but it helps just as much. When I first started journaling, I didn’t have anyone to talk about my feelings to. With journaling, I felt like I finally had a safe space to go to. It was free therapy. Now, I am in counseling and trying to figure out how to fight my anxiety. I still love journaling, though. Even though I haven’t been journaling as long, it has had a big impact on my life. I’ve been going back and reading my old journal from last year, and I’ve changed a lot since then. I struggle with remembering things, and journaling lets me look back on my life, too. If you, the one who’s reading this comment, are thinking of starting a journal, **GO FOR IT!** It was one of the best decisions I’ve made. You’ll appreciate it in the future , too.

“Life goes on….and on and on” I just stumbled upon this video and it was everything I needed, legitimately fantastic. Huge praises for doing what I always wanted but never quite could get myself to do. Instead, my histories are left to the pages of my (occasionally strange) stories, poems, and personal essays I’ve kept over the years. Regardless, your video has brought some beauty back into my life, and in these truly unique times, it was genuinely touching :)

I have never seen a better journaling video in my entire life

i started writing my diary daily in 2017. i was in middle school that time, and tbh, i wasn't the best version of myself then. writing all about that in my diary is what really helped me stay sane that year. i started enjoying it eventually. but 2020 is when i *actually* started writing my diary every single day (before, i used to skip it for a few days if nothing interesting happened, and then write the dates and be like "boring day, bye" lmao). i'm so glad i decided to write daily. it's honestly so much fun reading back. i usually think "wow i can't believe i was so cringe and stupid back then" but i somehow think that writing my diary has really helped me become a better version of myself. it's like writing an autobiography, but only for yourself to read. i am going to keep writing for the rest of my life. thank you so much for creating awareness about how amazing diaries are :)

I had journaled for over 20 years, but as a consistent habit, at least 8 or 9. I can relate with most of it, sometimes my past journals are filled with to do lists and even doodles, especially from my teenage years. It's great for putting thoughts in order. Also, it's incredible to see how thought varies over the time. Political ideas, ways of seeing life, of reacting to emotions, perceptions on people and on myself... it's like a time capsule.

This made me feel so emotional. Capturing the details of your thoughts in the moment is such a compelling reason to record the good moments in your life and you're right, we can't go back to them the same way we do pictures or videos unless we write them down. I find reading back on sad moments nice too, especially knowing that I've come out the other end. :)

I can't begin to explain how understood i felt with this video! I've been journalling on and off since 2015 (since i was 15) but I always had a notebook to journal in. Sometimes days, weeks would pass by without writing a single thing but then the love for journalling would resurface and i would write everyday. One of my favorite things to do is flipping through my journals, I started off with art journalling quoting you i was on my ''artsy tumblr girly'' moment haha. As a *VERY* nostalgic person i love that i have my cute little journals filled with memories to look back on, sometimes the most mundane routine-ish memories are my favorite, what seemed to be pretty normal and not important when i was writing it, means a lot to me now. I really loved this video! < 3

this video spoke straight to my heart, especially the part where you spoke about putting people's names down in the form of initials, seeing entries upon entries of every interaction with them, yet somehow you've already forgotten who those initials belong to. it is a little bit of a regret to not remember, but it's so liberating to know that something that felt like the end of the world then is now just two letters with no significance attached.

I'm in awe with this video and your editing. It's oddly therapeutic! I started journaling when I was 8 but been consistent since the age of 13-14. My journals have always felt like a friend to me and like you said, after a decade we notice how some people come and go into our lives, how we change through the years (and at the same time we don't) and how good moments are the best to read over and over again. Long live to journaling!

i started journaling regularly in january 2017 and lately i realized how much i really like writing and spending time with my notebook. i am loving it more and more with each passing day.

Going through old journal is the sweetest feeling I am 16 being journaling since I was 8 years old so its been almost 8 years of journaling now

this is so relatable and i've never felt so seen by a video! i'm 16 and i always thought my journal was silly, but this has helped me remember how much i enjoyed journaling- even if it's hard to read back on it!! thank you for this video

i love this❤ i’ve been journaling for more than 20 yrs now and a lot of my journals were ruined by a horrible typhoon two years ago. please keep ur journals safe 😊 so when ur older you can keep looking back and appreciate how far you’ve come and maybe learn a few things from ur younger self too✨

Pov: you’re actually consistent and have legitimate integrity.

this absolutely touched my soul.. I've been journaling for about three years now, I started off writing an entry everyday but now I write whenever I feel like it (could even be once every month or two) or whenever I'm bored at school. It really is nice to read through my old journals to see how much I've changed (which really isn't much haha) and cringe at my old thoughts. But no matter how rare my entries become, I don't see myself ever stopping

Back in 2018, my church group gave us journals that we could use. Five years later and I still haven't finished it yet. I'm so grateful for journalling and there are plenty of gaps between my entries but watching this video reminded me that I had that incomplete journal. Looking back in it, it is fun to see all the silly little problems I used to worry about compared to now.

I am 16 and i have been journaling since 14 i feel like this type of video is exactly what my future self would be uploading got a glimpse of my future all thanks to you ,your vlogs are different it's quite soothing to watch

love this video so much, its so comforting and therapeutic and definitely makes me want to continue with the journal i left months ago. thanks for sharing your journey with us 💗

By journaling, you gifted your future self the ability to look back and reflect and make those hindsight realizations. I’m so glad I wrote and kept journals as far back as 2013! ✨

Thank you so much for sharing this❤️Journalling has been my safe space and comfort eversince I was a child. Now in my mid-twenties, I still continue to write and it has healed me throughout various seasons of my life! Sending you lots of love and hugsss📔📝

Started journaling during the first lockdown, and I never stopped hahah it was 3 years ago, I'm on my 4th journal I often hear people saying how "cheesy" it is to journal. People who say that definitely never tried it before or they would know how good it feels on the long run to write down how you feel Lovely video ! It really resonate !

This video is so beautiful. It motivates me to write more beautiful memories and thoughts just so i can read back and feel less depressed as if i never had good days. When u said splurge...im reminded of times i always did go for those portable yet thick hardbound journals. I honestly scheme through the pages just to stare at my changing handwriting while also recognizing the same toxic traits that held me back and still hold me back. Some being more of the lost dreams and aspirations I no longer have the same passion for.

I love my journals, being able to carry my true memories is irreplaceable. I’ve been journaling since I was 10 and I turned 32 this year, so I own 21 years worth of journals and they have moved so much with me. I really loved this video!

this video has kinda became my therapy as well as motivation to get myself up and do better things in life. whenever I'm feeling down, I religiously come back to this and surprise! you're all charged! tysm Sarah for sharing your journey with us. it truly matters the most, so so so thankful to you. lots of love and peace from someone who's lost in hope and trying to become better person

I love love love this video and relate to everything you’ve said. I’ve kept a journal since 2007 when I was still in primary school. It’s crazy to look back and see my own development, but also be so surprised by how insightful I could be as a younger person, sometimes more so than I am now!

Even i noticed how i literally just write down all the sad tearjerking moments. I treat my diary as a person and everytime i apologize for dumping all(only) the grief i have not sharing the happy moments

Being still a kid or so, the only problem that I face while writing journel is that "what if mom find out my journal and read it" that's so annoying uk. And if I hide it than I'm sure that she will be more curious about it. So the only way left for me is to "keep in mind that maybe someday someone will gonna read it" yet when I go through my journal it's more like "something that no one can read" 🙂 I even stop sharing thoughts in my journal for a month last year and now I'm regretting. But now days I'm pretty much trying to be more free with my journal like trying to forget that "what will happen if mom find out" 😅 And yes! Your voice is so sweet and so calming and this video is just amazing!! I wish you good luck for your channel 🌸 and would love to hear more about your journey with journals :D.

I absolutely loved watching this, and love even more how honest your diary entries are (from the bits I could see). I thought I was the only person who swore in mine, refreshing to see that it is a shared human experience! Onwards!

i've been journaling on and off for a couple of months now buts stopped a while ago because i was seeing it as a chore rather than something i actually enjoyed,but when i stumbled upon this video it inspired me to start writing again so thank you ♥

the one thing that's keeping me from writing a journal is the constant fear my parents will read the most intimate and the thoughts i am not comfortable sharing. i resorted in writing on my notepad in phone but these days i write on days where i am musing about my ideas. I'm currently figuring out who i am and my sexuality, writing it out definitely helps me a lot. thanks for the video, this is lovely ^^

i wrote my first entry when i was 8. i wrote in that same journal yesterday. i am 16. never been consistent with my journaling, skipped months or years over time. but its so fun to read my complaints in the perspectives of my younger self😭 forever grateful that i bought that notebook.

Someday, I will look back at my entry for the same day one year ago, and realize how much has changed. That's the best part of my journaling experience.

I’ve been journaling on and off since middle school, and then a positive interaction with my 7th teacher where she gave us all journals encouraged me to get my own that was more personalized. I started doing it more often after a really bad patch mentally (i’d gotten back from the psych ward) and was encouraged to continue it again in therapy. Now it takes me a good 8-12 months to fill one out, and my favorite type of journaling is looking back on old pages and annotating my thoughts from back then.

I've been journaling since I was 13, and now I'm 20. This video was so so relatable, I also journaled about things i had issues with back then, that i still have now, like isolation. And it is very interesting to read an entry i wrote years ago, and remember a lot about that time in my life. My journals were also very angsty in my early teens. I don't really journal every day either, often like you, my journal gets revisited when i go through something difficult. But I do reflect on happy moments too, and sometimes i will just write about my casual or ordinary day. I think journaling is like a mirror, allowing you to reflect on your thoughts and emotions and experiences. Journaling for this long has allowed me to gain clarity and insight into many things. Thanks for this amazing and relatable video!

i almost cried during the section about the people mentioned in your journal… i’ve been journaling on and off for about a decade now (with multiple year-long breaks, since i can’t seem to stay dedicated or motivated even though i’d love to!) and i recently started again because i want to document my time in graduate school, although this time i’ve opted to use google docs rather than a physical journal. this video is great inspiration!!

I absolutely loved the video; it flowed so smoothly, especially your narration 💖

Journaling is something I started doing at the end of last year and continued it’s been helpful in figuring out what I’m looking for in life. Each entry expresses a different mindset that I’ve gained through experience.

Journaling is like leaving behind bits of me stagnant in those moments of time, it reminds me of the person I used to be:)

This perfectly summarizes my own feelings and experience about journaling. Your observation about being able to reconnect with your past self more so through journal entries than photos is 100% true. One of my favorite things about digital journaling is revisiting my old self through past journal entries. It feels like time travel! It's one of the things that motivates to continue journaling.

i started journaling in 2015/2016. even though i am not very consistent as there are times where i didn't write any entry for months or didn't finish a book, i still do journaling till this day. sometimes when i read back my journals, i got reminded of some stuffs that i don't even remember or how my thought process has changed, and i love that. it's one of the thing that makes me keep doing this

I've only been journaling since 2020 now i'm fifteen and it's 2023! reading old journals feels so nostalgic and just looking back on how things used to be it makes me tear up, journaling helped me sm

I love this! I have also been journaling since I was in 4th grade so also 2014! Crazy, I'm just realizing how long it's actually been! I see so much of me in this video and it's really comforting to me

I love this video :c I've been journaling since the 4th grade and am now a first year university student. Often times I found myself putting that hobby away in a drawer for months thinking "what's the point? no one will read it so why should I write it" or feeling bad that I have been too busy with life to document it. This video definitely makes me want to be more consistent with it again - while also knowing not to pressure myself to write or feel bad when I'm too busy enjoying myself ^^ journaling is for yourself, but it can also be to document lessons to help others through their hard times too. I like to think I experience these things, to write it down, to remember it, and to share the memory with someone else.

Thank you for this video. I’ve been documenting my life in diaries for the same amount of time you have and wowww - I wasn’t even aware of just how much the simple act of writing down my day was helping me mentally. I also thought it was something everybody did until my friends old me otherwise. And diaries are just…. funny as all hell to read back on if anything.

I have kept notebooks for years, but this is the first year I'm keeping a journal that is a yearly personal journal ✨️ I have been enjoying it!!

this is so sweet!! makes me wanna look back at all my old diarys rn

Yay! So happy to find this vid in YT. I truly encourage everyone to have a journal and keep it! It amazes me how my perspective and situation in life changed. Truly, life is transitory. I have had a journal since around 2009, but I wasn't able to keep it all (I hope no one read it hahaha)

I love journaling so much, and its mainly because is a way to understand yourself, and communicate the best way!🥰

god i love this so much. I've been journaling for about 8 years (since i was 11!!) and i love them so much. weird to say but they're like little pieces of past me

wish i had the level of commitment to journaling when i was younger!! thanks for inspiring me to journal again

Thank you❤ this is the most wholesome video I have come across the internet this year ❤❤

This video is genuinely so beautiful. Thank you for making it

I'm fifteen now and one day when I was thirteen, my dad got me a really pretty leather journal. I started writing in it and now I have finished 3 books and am on my fourth. The thing she said about most journal entries being written when you're not feeling your best is so true because most of my entries used to be like that. But recently, I have been writing less and less and while watching this video, I had a realization that it's because my life has gotten so much more better and I don't find the need to vent anymore. I can live and feel but at the same time, I want to document my experiences as well. So, these days I'm trying to write down not just negative feelings but the happy ones too. And, thanks to you for helping me realize that!

I just started journaling this year, initially to work through my grief and negative thoughts after my grandpa's passing and my long-term goal failing miserably. I resonate so much with your story because now that I'm in a better headspace, re-reading my journal entries almost feel surreal. So much can change in just a few months and I find that journaling helps me capture bits and pieces of my life in their fullest, and also helps me see how far I've come on my journey. Thank you for this beautiful video!

I initially started journalling in 2019 during a hard time in my life and I live by it, I love it so much and I recommend it to anyone I can if it works for them. I have short-term memory and I love being able to go back and as you said, read every detail of that day and relive memories. I totally feel you when you said that you wanted to start writing down good and happy moments too because I had that realization too. I didn't want my journal to only be full of my problems and conflicting feelings, but to start being grateful about even the smallest moments that bring joy to my life, to document things such as my relationships (even if the relationship has passed, its still good memories), big events, or little moments with friends and family, or even just myself. I think when you start to look and notice the good things in life, more will come and ultimately we just all want to be happy and fulfilled right? Thanks for this video, to many more years of writing!

I relate to your progress with journaling so much -- from starting journaling as a kid going through hard events to using the ugly notebook and incidentally journaling less. (I recovered my composition book just so it's not so ugly in my collection. 😉) Thank you for making this beautiful video!! ❤

This is so similar to my experience with journaling! Very few people talk about this type of journaling, so I'm very happy to find a video I can really relate to

THIS VIDEO, THE SCRIPT OF THE VOICEOVER, EVERYTHING ABOUT IT WAS SO CALMING i absolutely loved this 😭😭😭❤❤❤

I cried. This brought back memories. The moment where you said people would still be there etched in your journal for eternity, but at the present they are no longer present. I used to write pages about them and everything I wrote would in someway romanticise them.

I know I'm a bit late but thank you so much for this video! It has this really comforting and cozy feeling to it and I love it. I've been journaling for a few years now, on and off. I don't think enough time has passed for me to read those entries, because some of them are still pretty much open wounds. But it really is so helpful, just being able to write all of my feelings down with no judgement, no questions, just being able to complain about things and people without it making any damage. Documenting my life. And you're so right when you mentioned the not switching to digital. Nothing can beat paper and pen. One thing that took me time to realise was that my journals don't have to look great. So now I have a separate notebook (that's also a sketchbook from the other side) for experiences and memories where I can draw stuff, stick photos and make it look pretty. And it doesn't stop me from writing about how I feel. I also have this box and when I feel like it, I just write a little note with whatever that made me happy that day (however small it is) because that takes literally like a minute to do and I just have this big collection of notes with only the good things. And reading through them always makes me a lot happier. Okay, this got a lot longer than I expected but I really needed to share this with someone :D

I started journaling in the 6th grade at the start of 2013. At first started daily, and then when I couldn’t keep up with a daily entry, and tried to catch up. That eventually led me to stop journaling. I picked it back up freshman year and have consistently written since. I’ve filled up 3 1/2 so far. Always interesting to read back and see the growth or goals I had and accomplished or friends I had for seasons and everything in between. It’s definitely a journey for sure!

Okay, my story is alittle bit different. I started journaling for the first time in june of 2022. I was 12 at the time. I would write like secrets and tons of stuff that went on in my life. I started journaling cause i wanted to be able to look back later in my life and see how i was feeling on that day or what i was doing. I would write almost everyday. Now April of 2023, i have filled 9, almost 10 journals since june of last year! Isn't that insane!!??? I now write everyday and i write down every single detail of my life down in my journals. It makes me feel like i am not alone and writeing all my thoughts down really makes me feel like someone is listening to me. If yoy know what i mean. Also sorry if i spelt stuff wrong lol. ❤❤❤

Journaling changed my life I started journaling when I was 4 and still, I still write. I'm graduating middle school this year, and mannnnn the drama is so entertaining to write about. (Trust me) I'm glad I like writing, I know when I reflect back on this when I'm older, I can really see how far I'll have come. The wild emotions I pour into my journals are seriously insane. I'm so grateful my mom introduced me to writing, and I'm so glad that I like it. ILY MOM

Thank you for posting this, i needed a sign to start journaling cause i’ve been putting it off for way too long now. I hope you are doing great

This was such a beautiful video. I love the way you articulated it all. Definitely convinced me to be more actively journaling my life. Thank you

I started to journal at the age of 9 and I’m still going strong even though I skipped 2020 entirely… It is crazy how your writing develops over the years and what types of information you actually write down. It started with me talking about planned trips with my family and now includes little life updates and emotional outbursts of happiness or sadness. I sometimes do a before and after comparison when writing class tests or deciding on an important matter. It kind of releases the anxiety after everything is finished already, a sign of relief I guess. A journal also shows the different life stages you go through. My hate subjects changed over the years multiple times similar to my friend group, which is kind of sad XD

I saw a quote (I don't really remember where I read that tho), Someone who keeps a journal appreciates their life special. Because they keep writing books although the books have no readers except the ownerself. I mean, someone who keeps a journal values their life and experiences in a unique way. By writing down their thoughts, feelings, and memories in a journal, they are creating a personal "book" of their life. Even though these journals may not be read by anyone else, the act of writing them is still meaningful to the person who owns them. Keeping a journal is a way of cherishing one's own life, even if no one else is there to witness it!!🥰🥰🥰

I love journaling, I have notebooks filled to the brim with my daily thoughts when I’m in high school and I’ll have others that are barely picked up. Like you say I find that my saddest most depressed moments have been captured where as my happiest moments are said in a few moments if that, moments of childhood I know I’ll never get back are captured. I think I used to think of journals as something to be very neat and organised going like ‘dear diary today…’ and that thought process sort of made me feel to pressured and out of journaling and also sounded very boring to me. I journal most when it’s just me thought dumping or quickly getting down a to-do list or watching a video and wanting to take notes, I also have sketch books like this some that I have filled to the brim adding receipts and stickers and quotes and poems as well as drawings of things that inspire me or just stuff of Pinterest. I think journaling definitely helped with my mental health in times when I felt too embarrassed to talk to anyone or felt very lonely or my thoughts were just chaotic and difficult to communicate.

I don’t know why this made me cry, beautiful video. Have been journaling for about 15 years as well and you’ve really put into words why I keep doing it. Lots of love from Germany 🌻

this was the most beautiful experience i Have ever had on youtube.... just love how u talk , its like a movie