write in my journal every day for a month

Strange how something I so love doing can be so hard to find the time to actually do it. One month of journal entries down though! It’s interesting to look back over them, there’s so much in there about the day to day that I had completely forgotten about.

All days covered, once again some are just short notes but there’s a couple of long entries too. Feels a little like a chore this week. I think if I persevere I’ll relax a lot more with it over the coming week.

This is working great as a reminder. The first seven days have gone past and I have written every single day. Some entries are really short, but there’s a couple of “War and Peace” efforts in there too :)

I’ve been really conscious of writing about what Jag’s up to and also just daily stuff that’s happening around him. Even only a week later it’s eye-opening to go back and re-read what we’ve been up to this week.

I keep forgetting to write in my journal. I think it’s mostly because I’m so busy with Jag all day. It’s more important than ever that I keep up with the journaling now though because I record lots of bits about Jag – memories, development milestones, feelings … all the important stuff I’d like to be able to look back on. Or I’d like Jag to be able to look back through when he’s grown.

I’m setting this goal to act as a reminder for the month and to help me rebuild the habit.

I did all but four days in July. So now to see if I can get all of August. I am learning that when I journal even a paragraph I am more centered and learn more about who I am and I am able to see why I do some stupid things. I just wish I knew why sometimes I have so many blonde moments that it seems more like a blonde week or month, but that really is getting off topic isn’t it?

but like others I don’t seem to want to write when all seems OK. So not as easy as it sounds.

Well, it was worth doing, kind of, but the truth is: I only feel like writing this much when I’m upset about something/about to face some kind of major change/getting over something, and when I’m generally in a phase of questioning myself and my life and everything. So yes, it helped, I think. But it wasn’t exactly all fun. But worth it.