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journaling ideas

i have a couple of different things i like to do: 1. reflect on the day through the senses - make a chart of things you saw, ate, smelled, touched, etc. 2. write/brain dump immediately you wake up, aka “morning pages” i tend to write a lot about my dreams from the night before and i remember them better 3. i feel like i journaled more when i let myself write in word bubbles, doodle, free association, etc. 4. subscribe to moonlists.com really great reflective journal prompt email newsletter

@jamiestudie

May 10, 2024

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Keeping a journal and returning to at major transitional times

This could be one of those rare things that – somehow – reminds you who you are, or who you used to be, those parts you thought were gone. (And trust me, there will be threads. So many threads.) I’ve learned, too, that there are whole stretches of life where you’ve been a stranger to yourself for so long that admitting it feels terrifying, insane even. But without that one thing to confess to, to get honest with – to untangle the mess of ordinary, maddening thoughts – you might never know what’s actually there, buried under the static.

@matthew

Nov 14, 2024

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the right way to journal

is whatever works for you. i used to feel daunted by journaling, until i listened to a "psychology of your 20s" podcast episode about it. here are some notes i took (with my personal takeaways mixed in) • journaling doesn’t need to be "good." it doesn’t need to look nice. it’s strictly for you. no mistakes, no bad entries—except for ones that weren’t written—no wrong thoughts, no assignment grade. it’s a self-care, self-love practice. one of the only times that everything gets to be about you, and you get to do it in the way that works best, as long as you’re doing it. • write about something going on in your brain. journaling is organizing, cleaning things up, making sense of things you can’t work out just by thinking about them over and over again. try to think about them in a way you normally wouldn’t, by writing about them. not looking for a solution or answer, but just to process what you’ve been through. • write 1-2 pages, even less than 500 words. small investment, can take as little as 5 minutes. • only journal when you really feel the need. making it a goal to journal everyday takes the fun out of it. journaling should be something relieving, joyous. it can be one line, something you thought about, something you heard. what is really important to you? • journaling = life course correction, not an intense commitment/practice. like a painkiller. you take it when you need it. when you feel the urge to write, just do it. drop everything. put the thoughts begging to come out down somewhere. don’t ignore inspiration when it randomly strikes. that desire isn’t something you can consciously call on. take advantage of the moments, even if just a second, even in the notes app. get in the habit of letting it be expressed. • find a way to journal in a manner that suits you. find your reason. snapshot for future self? • let someone else do the initial thinking for you. journal prompts, structured journal, online inspiration, write one prompt a week in the afternoon • write quickly and without judgment. not worried about exactly how you wanted to say it, word it, doesn’t matter. there's no audience or grade. journal "badly" = more in-tune with self. journaling helps you remember who you are from the inside out at the time of writing. • if you feel like you don’t know yourself, keep one notebook you put everything in: thoughts, quotes you like, postcards, to-do lists, diary entries, favorite songs, letters, dried flowers, brain dumps, gratitude lists, sticky notes, pictures hope this helps some people get started !

@peeta

Nov 8, 2024

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A STRANGER DESERVES LOVE TOO

you can show someone love without knowing their name yet! say hello n commit to practicing seeing n loving the people around you— compliment the choices you can see they’ve made, or sum u notice in their becoming: their glasses, the way they keep their shoulders relaxed, the generosity of their laugh! this goes extra for Black people, homeless people, n other people the state trains us to invisibilize n see as zeroes. very quickly will strangers become community once you learn and call them by their names :)

@hell0.kittywrld

May 6, 2025

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SPACE IS LIKELY HOME

there are snatches of a redeeming darkness to be found in this life. the other weekend, i was floating in a pool while being filmed (an experience that definitely advanced the trans agenda, that’s another story) and for a moment i found something that felt how i feel when im looking at the moon. i still don’t know their name, so i‘m calling them space for now. think i used to call them god mostly? but they find me in voices and smiles n the way purple light reflects off the skin of my loved ones. all this plus Blackness makes me think of space as a home— Space is the Place type beat! need to rewatch that movie… but anyways i’m sitting on the couch with Black people and there is future to be found in all shades <3

@hell0.kittywrld

May 5, 2025

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FROM GOO TO SUM ELSE

hey gang might throw fragments of my psyche here sometimes! occasionally may leave shards of my body behind as well

@hell0.kittywrld

May 5, 2025