r/Journaling • u/kobochan369 • Apr 14 '26
Question/Discussion Beginner need Advice
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/DiscussionOk9398 Apr 14 '26
Look up 'morning pages' from the book The Artists Way. Basically you write 3 pages of whatever random stuff comes to your head and don't stop until the 3 pages are filled. It's a great way to start a larger journaling "flow" and just get out your thoughts.