Twenty-one reasons to journal

Why keep a journal?

1. A place in which to express your creative side

2. Release pent-up emotions

3. Work on personal growth

4. Clarify your own unique views of the world

5. Set goals and chart your successes

6. Resolve questions and problems from the past

7. Chronicle your life

8. Help in weighing and making decisions

9. Have a private place to which to retreat

10. Sketch in words or pictures the interesting things that are seen during the day

11. A place to keep your scattered thoughts and ideas

12. Write out your prayers to God

13. Somewhere to write down and wrestle with the questions of life

14. A laboratory where ideas can be developed and tested

15. A place in which to struggle with the disappointments and tragedies of life

16. A legacy to family

17. Somewhere to record the history and stories of your family

18. Accountability to self by writing down weight lost, miles walked, etc.

19. Helpful lists (prayer, gratitude, sensory, to do or fun)

20. A place to archive jokes and humorous anecdotes

21. Keeps your mind active and could help prevent Alzheimer's and dementia

Journaling ideas

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