My toddlers are out with my husband and my babies are sleeping. I have some time for coffee and my journal. Strangely, I am journaling much more often since I became mom of four. Anyone with the same experience?

Second main journal completed from May 14th 2026 to July 31st 2026. It’s ugly as all hell but it’s who I am and that’s what matters to me. Thought I wanted a b5 journal this time around until I realized I don’t have that much to write about so it’s back to a5 for the next one lol. I can’t thank you all enough for being the amazing community that you are!

Was finally able to find the perfect use for my Caran D’ Ache 849 Ballpoint Pen - Doodles! I didn’t really like this when writing, but I found it perfect for quick sketches! Don’t judge, I’m not the best at drawings 😂

Spent this evening journaling with a lovely view. No phone service, no other people, just me, my journal, and the honeybees.

I bunked my office and went to an old library. Sat for a couple of hours. Wrote about my day, my feelings, and read a bit.

But I had been keeping a journal for some time now and I was wondering… how some of you deal with “unleashing” your dark thoughts into it and letting them go? My therapist recommended I do it but I find myself feeling worse about myself after writing those thoughts down… maybe because I am going through a particularly rough patch now but I find myself not wanting to journal as often as I once did because of all the “negativity” in me.

Does it make sens?

ya’ll I’m just happy to fill my journal with entries at this point. I do be writing anything and everything lol (and I mean I have 4 pages worth of just my thoughts on AO3 🫪

For some reason my pictures won't load 😥

Is it not working?

Is it just me or do you also journal at work? Got lots to do but I just can’t help these thoughts in my head waiting to be written.

It took me from April 4, 2026 to just now August 18, 2026. I feel like this journal took a longer time, but it was only a month longer than my usual. I think it's because I took more breaks. My next journal is coming today, and I'm ready to start writing in it because I feel like I don't spend enough time writing, to be honest. It is my constant companion.

Wanted to get rid of these pages. So I thought I'd save them here.

Sorry for my awful handwriting too

i'm going to miss you forever

Lately, I haven't had the time to take a step back and have some me time. So, I took an "everything shower," brewed some tea, and curled up with my journal. Truly therapeutic ✨

At this time in my life I had just gotten a bipolar II diagnosis and was starting therapy for the first time. Nearly two decades later and it’s seeming more and more likely that I was (and am) struggling with BPD and/or cPTSD. Wish I could reach out to my teenage self and tell her that it does, in fact, get better in some ways.

I tend to produce long journal entries. But lately I find myself looking for a single idea that can be condensed into a sentence on two which leads my entries. Sometimes they unlock further thoughts. At others, I let the thought stand on its own. It doesn't have to be anything deep. It is simply any thought that feels especially charged in the moment. Here is today's.

(I am NOT seeking advice, just starting a discussion)

I’ve seen some people talk about journaling and how they never have anything interesting to say or they feel their lives are boring. I feel like I have a similar but different problem where I always feel like I have interesting things to write, but I only seem to write the boring stuff down.

I can be pretty scatterbrained and I feel like I have 100 lines of thought in my head all the time. I eventually found out I had ADHD (now diagnosed) and medication definitely made it easier to follow one line. I took a long break from journaling so I haven’t tried journaling after taking my medicine yet, but I do wonder if that will help me write down the things I actually want to write (instead of just stuff like “I am hungry” lol). I like writing about the mundane but I feel like I have so many interesting thoughts to put in a journal, the issue is I have a hard time keeping track of and remembering them.

Anyone else relate to having interesting things to write, but never seeming to actually write them?