Writing in My Gournal

Lindsay: Whatcha doing?

Andy: Writing in my gournal, I write my thoughts in it everyday

Lindsay: Oh, you mean a journal?

Andy: Yeah, whatever. I guess I'm not all smart like you.

Hi, my name is Mrs. Ford and I'm a journaler.

I don't think I would have continued with this blog if it didn't serve such a strong purpose in my life. I love to write and I am a very visual person so the two go hand-in-hand. Its groovy.

However, sometimes there's just nothing like the feel of pen on paper. I love the physical actual act of creating words by writing something out by hand. Whenever I have written in a journal in the past, I generally don't go back to re-read what I've written. It's kind of cringe-worthy for me, like seeing your 13 year old self on video doing something very very embarrassing. No thanks. But I think in not looking back sometimes I loose something. We change so drastically each year of our lives, its important to celebrate that change and growth.

I stumbled across this journal {via Village} and think the concept would be really perfect for someone who may be afraid of re-reading lengthy or emotional old journal entries.

Basically each page is dated and has a spot for a short entry every day for 5-years. So every time you write in it after the first year you will have a short but hopefully sweet reminder of where you were and what was going on in your life on that very day the year before.

Pretty nifty, huh? Do you gournal?