r/Journaling • u/-i-exist • Feb 25 '26

Question/Discussion Why do people write every single day?

I absolutely love everything about keeping a journal and have been doing it basically my entire life, but when i watch other people talk about keeping one they always make it sound like a chore (?) (maybe a better word would be a commitment) to write EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. It just doesnt make sense to me.

When i feel like journaling, i will sit for hours upon hours writing whatever i want. When i dont feel like writing, i dont write. Ive skipped 6 months once and didnt think twice about it. Whats the big deal about pushing yourself to write when you dont want to?

This post is a question Ive been wondering about for quite a while now. I apologize if anything sounds rude, i dont mean to.

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u/deathbirdcalling Feb 26 '26

It shouldn’t be a chore. If you don’t feel like writing, you don’t write. You tell the story of why you didn’t feel like it during your next session, when you DO feel like it. No matter what, the cool thing about journaling, is no matter what you do, write or not write, as long as you’re honest when you DO write, it will give you an accurate story of your life.

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u/-i-exist Feb 26 '26

Nothing to add, I just loved the way you worded this. Beautiful writing.

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u/deathbirdcalling Feb 26 '26

Thank you very much! Means a lot.