how do i keep writing a journal and how to start your own

few weeks ago, i post on my insta-story a picture of me writing down my journal and i got several questions towards that. my friends were like wondering how do i keep writing, what do i write, when is the best time to write, so yeah. as yesterday i watched Lana Blakely video on youtube, where she journal for 17 years (i will link the video down below) and i feel resonates to the video that she made!

when it comes to journaling or writing, you really don't force it. you basically write whatever you feel like, treat that book as someone that you can fully trust. because on my journal, i really write everything, like E V E R Y T H I N G --from what i'm feeling like at that time, what i'm currently obsessed with, what i hate, or just writing down my dreams, even the craziest dream that i don't know will happen or not! and i simply keep writing because i got tons of feelings everyday, and it is always feel better to write it down. it's like i'm taking off the weight from my chest and my brain. also by journaling, i could feel things twice --not in physical way, but through my mind and it feels good (if it's a nice story) of course i sometimes ignore the sad pages just because it is too painful to read it. but it's amazing of how words could make you feel.

when is the best time to write? 
there is no "the best time" for it, i could write the minute after i woke up, in the middle of the day, before i sleep, when i am angry, when i am happy, everytime. i just grab a pen and my journal. so i guess this is also important if you about to start keeping a journal, to always place it near you so you could grab it every time you feel like.

About my journal
my current journal is the black book with no lines inside that i made in one of my friend, she own a customize journal cover online shop  < #supportsmallbusiness > so i create my own cover and decide how many pages do i want to have in the book, it gives me much more satisfaction to write my own thoughts in a journal that i design myself, this is the cover:

it's very simple from the outside, but there's like thousands feelings inside. my current journal is 5 years old this year, i remember i have it on January 2015.

as seen on the cover, there's my thoughts, whispers, dreams, hopes, and sighs inside the book like literally. haha. and since i am a memories keeper, i also glued some movie tickets, flight tickets, tourist attraction tickets, pictures, polaroids, receipts from a restaurant, receipts from a minimarket, flowers, leaves, letters, stickers, well as i said everything! hahaha.

i really enjoy doing this for the past few years, especially when i read one of the page and i got reminded that i was once wanted to do this and few years after i done that. it's like realizing that your life is moving, your wheel is moving, so many things that you been through. same like having a bucket list, i was once wrote that i want to have dinner in paris, and somehow i made it. and when i read that page again, i was like oh my god this girl didn't know that she will achieve her desire and it never failed to make my heart ache, in a good way.

if after reading this you feel like keeping a journal for the rest of your life, i guess below tips could help you as a starter:

  • get a cover book that you like, that make you want to hold the book all day long
  • get a book with 150-300 pages, so you could write there for several years
  • place your journal and a pen near your bed, like in your bedside table, or anything that you could reach easily
  • start by writing how your day was
  • write a date and time at the top of your page everytime you about to write (this will be beneficial when you look back through the pages)
  • start glue-ing some of your physical memories (like pictures, tickets, or anything) it will make you want to open it 
  • write whenever you feel like you want to
well i hope these tips could help you :)

feel free to connect with me if you want to discuss more about this topic!

happy journaling <3

write to you soon,
xx adinda



Video of Lana:

Lana Blakely - I Journaled for 17 Years and it Changed My Life

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