As I mentioned in my previous post, Writing As a Cure, I decided I needed to get over my fears, embarrassment and pure procrastination and start journaling. The only person standing in my way is me. I then started contemplating how should I go about journaling. I mean, I can do the normal and keep a journal, which I don't mind because I love buying journals even though they don't get put to use. But then I decided I needed a better plan than that, because in order to make this a consistent habit I needed variety like in everything else in my life (my brain is a mess and room is, too, literally). Luckily, Ryan got me a couple stocking stuffers this year that would help me with the variety department of this process.
I had my SMASH book for a while, but haven't put it to a lot use since that purchase. Now that I have a polaroid camera that prints photos instantly (at a high cost!) I don't have an excuse on not having pictures to scrapbook/smash with. Ryan also got me a F*CK I'm In My Twenties Guided Journal, which I wonder how he views me if that's what's in my stocking during Christmas (:D), but besides that point it actually has some pretty fun guided topics to go through that would help me journal. And lastly, Ryan got me a little booklet that is for writing letters to my future self. I love it! It actually has the pages sent up as letters that fold up into an envelope and you seal them with stickers for you to open later. I really enjoy writing letters to my future self. They always seem to appear right when I need them the most.
So I think for now, this is enough variety to keep me motivated to journal. I'll let you guys know how it goes these next couple of weeks. The next step is figuring out when to fit it into my schedule. If you have any journaling ideas or tips I would love to hear them!
Love, Mailee
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