I don’t know if it is the non sense going on in the world, being a new mom, getting older, but journaling has started to become something I look forward to each day and helps me set the tone for the day. This along with working out has become a must for me in terms of self care. I never thought I was the journaling type, I mean I like to write my thoughts on this blog, but I never thought or knew how to write my feelings and honestly never thought that was a thing. But I will say, right before my mom passed away she gave me three journals that she wrote from the time her water broke when she was pregnant with me through my high school and early college years. She told me I couldn’t read them until I had a child of my own. I started reading them, but couldn’t. The emotions are still too raw and real right now, I am sure I will get to the point of being able to, but right now just isn’t the time. Anywho, sidetracked on that, but looking back maybe it is in my blood…right before we had Anchor I bought a book to write in for Anchor…not going to lie I haven’t been the greatest, but I did type out our birth story and have tried to be a little more diligent with writing. I don’t know how my mom did it! Maybe there are too many distractions? I will say ever since watching the Social Dilemma on Netflix thanks to one of my really good friends ❤ I limited my time on Facebook and Instagram and all social media platforms to 30 minutes a day. And honestly a majority of it is crafting and playing around with myoddinary Instagram. So I will say that had freed up a lot of my time which I have put to better use with journaling.
Okay, back to journaling…can you tell pregnancy brain is kicking in? It is funny how quickly you forget all of these things that come with pregnancy including those round ligament pains…whew! After our miscarriage, moving, dealing with changes in friends, feeling alone, the whole nine yards, I was talking to another really good friend of mine who mentioned journaling, I told her I wasn’t sure how to do it. So she sent me a list of 10 things on how to essentially over come writers block and it worked! I used the prompt a few times and now it is like second nature. And it feels great. It’s great to just journal write it all out, get out all of your feelings and emotions that are built up or that you don’t know how to explain to someone in normal terms, but need to get it out. So with this standard journaling I also started to incorporate a religious journaling as well. Now let me say, I was not raised nor did I grow up in a religious household whatsoever. I went to church in high school due to someone I was dating (his parents made me go if we wanted to continue to date) ohhhhh high school….so I was familiar with it all, but not on this level. I think with all of the nonsense in the world I needed more of an uplifting, more positivity, something to help me know there is a greater plan, and to be reassured that even when we are given horrible things, they are lessons and we gain so much more wealth in terms of knowledge after we go through it. So as of last week I started journaling my feelings as well as journaling a daily devotional and really deep diving into it. It is totally out of my comfort zone, but truly the only way to grow is to be uncomfortable. I will link everything below, including my planner which I cannot live without!
Make sure to put yourself first, because the best version of you comes when you self care. It only took me 15 plus years to figure that out, sorry Mom! You were always right! ❤
Journals (since I bought mine from Hobby Lobby a few years back)
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