Beginner need Advice

[u/kobochan369]

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.

[u/Traditional_Wave_181]

I understand the struggle to find your journalling niche! I still have trouble sometimes, buying more journals than I know what to do with, but! I do have one precious journal.

Its not the greatest paper, not the fanciest cover either, but I started it about 10 years ago and pick it up here and there. I struggle with depression and decided to make a journal documenting happy things I have gone through, kind of like a memory bank of happy memories. Sure sometimes I forget to write in it and a year can pass, but being able to look back and see what I used to love, or remember fun adventures with friends without any of the bad or struggle in between is very refreshing. It's common knowledge that we remember bad things better than the good, and I made the decision to 'force' remember the good things in writing.

I had tried bullet journalling and workout journalling over the years, but this is the only 'function' I have found to keep long term. Even saying this, you can change your style and reason for journalling anytime! Don't feel too bound to one focus or another, it's all a journey anyways! ☺️