write or paint in my journal everyday

I have been steady and sure about this goal, and reestablished a habit that I loved in the past, and am really happy to continue in the future.

because it feels like it sets the tone for the whole journal. It doesn’t really, but it feels that way. Like if I write a poem down, then I feel like it will be a poetry driven book. If I write a 43 down, then it will be full of 43s. I need to just get over it and scribble really big “IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU DO AS LONG AS YOU DO IT.”

and I have yet to write in it, but I will soon. I have put my old journal on the shelf and brought it out today to reference something, but I am about to clear this goal, and thus get myself better in touch with myself. yeay.

I use my journal not everyday, but very frequently. I pick it up when I need to make note of something (like yesterday I wrote a recipe in it) or when I am bored.

I am very comfortable with my current use.

I just need a new one now. Maybe on my birthday.

The journal I have was originally started on 11-5-02, and now it is almost full! I have been adding entries each day atleast once for a week now, and I am so happy that I am.

I intend to buy a new journal, and when I start using it regularly, I will consider this goal sufficed.

I have used it with regularity. am also trying to combine the quit smoking goal with the journaling goal, so that if I want a cigarette maybe I can just draw a picture of it instead.

Probably a good place to start with any goal is making sure you always have the tools necessary to complete them. I used to have my journal in my bag at all times. That’s not 100% true – I used to have my journal in my lap 50% and then it was in the bag 50%. Thinking about it makes me so confused as to what ever happened.

I used to be glued to my journal, and it was lucky if I ever came out for a breath. I started dating and then got married to my husband, and during all of it I was trying to do “group/ sharing activities”. I need to get back to making myself happy so I can make the people around me happy as well.