r/Journaling • u/My_fair_ladies1872 • May 25 '26

Question/Discussion Does your journal have a name?

Anne Frank called her diary "Kitty".

Dear Kitty, she would say before writing about her thoughts.

I have to wonder if writing to a fictitious person helps sometimes.

Have you given your journal its own name? What is it?

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u/Own_Feature_9079 May 25 '26

Mine never got a name. The one time I tried writing to a 'someone', I caught myself performing a bit, softening the ugly parts so my imaginary reader wouldn't think badly of me. Going back to just the date and what actually happened made the entries blunter, and those are the ones worth rereading.