personally i write when i feel a Big Emotion or i think i’ve reached an epiphany on something. i write on scrap paper, in my journal or in my notes app. i used to write movie reviews for my uni’s magazine but my workload got too hectic. i also write for the performance of having written something sometimes you know. i used to do more god awful poetry when i was younger but currently in my free thought prose bag. i share my writing with my friends mostly. i’ve got a substack but just never posted on there. most importantly for me anyways i write so in a couple months i can look back amused at what i had going on. also want to try and write from a non personal standpoint. but hope this was helpful!!
Mar 18, 2024
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The other day I went to a coffee shop with the intention of reading my book but instead spent about two hours writing in my journal.
I’m not a great journaler. It’s the kind of relationship where I’ll pick it up when I’m going through something, be really consistent for a couple days, and then once I’m feeling lighter I won’t touch it for months.
I’m definitely not in the easiest season of life right now, but im not actively shittingscreamingcryingthrowingup about anything at the moment. For some reason though, despite my mentally “up” state of being, I was desperate to write down everything I’ve been thinking and feeling in the past couple weeks.
I honestly think it’s why the past couple days I haven’t posted anything on this app is because anything I would’ve mused about I already wrote in my journal lol. I even considered just taking a picture of the journal pages and posting them here but that felt too intimate? Maybe?
Feb 23, 2025
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I’ve been writing a lot lately! In my journal, for publications, long emails to friends. It’s quite wonderful. I love going back to read what I wrote too. I love going back to those moments. sometimes I write peoples names and what I appreciate about them, sometimes I write what I want to achieve in that month, sometimes I write book reviews or film reviews or whatever it is I feel the need to write about in that time. I recently wrote about what my city sounds like and I wonder if those sounds will change. If or when they do, I’ll get to go back to that piece and remember - or when I leave this city I’ll have that article as a reminder and I’ll be able to travel back in time. It’s documenting history.
Apr 14, 2024
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when people used to say “you should journal!” i would be like yeah, yeah whatever. it’s funny looking back on it, because now whenever i get a single thought in my head, i have to write it down. it can be difficult for me to identify my emotions, but seeing bits of my thoughts, written and scattered about, allows me to solve the puzzle piece that is my complex (& crazy) mind. 🪐
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