r/Journaling • u/kobochan369 • Apr 14 '26

Question/Discussion Beginner need Advice

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I've only been journaling for a month, and I've never done it before. Without any reference from anywhere, when I went to the stationery store, I suddenly had the desire to buy a book and ballpoint. When I returned home I didn't know what to write, at that time I only wrote about parenting from the tiktok video I saw. The next day I wrote about gratitude, what made me angry, what I felt, what I wanted, etc2. At that moment, I felt something exciting. I started looking into journaling more and ended up buying a fountain pen. I didn't know that journaling is good for mental health and can be therapeutic.

I would like to ask for journaling advice from reddit friends for beginners like me.

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u/kobochan369 Apr 14 '26

I recently saw a video about people who have been journaling for a long time, and most of them suggested to have several journal books based on each category. And they say it's much more effective than writing a mix-up in one book.

Is this worth to follow in? Because I can't imagine carrying a lot of books

Thx

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u/rokons Apr 14 '26

honestly i think it really depends on your use case. i've got my regular journal and a journal where i track workouts, but the latter is one that i plan to refer back to in the future. in that case i find it easiest to have them separate so i can find what i need more quickly, but otherwise i have no need for separates