I think what makes a wonderful journaling practice, no matter what your age, is that it reflects what matters to you. I believe if you keep a journal for a specific purpose to enhance Who You Are, it can be key to journaling longevity.
Marianne makes a good point: what is journaling anyway? It's what you make it, right? If you wrote stuff down when you were young, I'd say that constitutes journaling. When we express ourselves in our youth, we're listening to Who We are, and that's what matters.
I love the word you used, Marianne, "define." Since young people are looking to find ways to define Who They Are, would you recommend journaling to them to help them find their way to defining themselves, to really know Who They Are?
I love learning about young people who use a journal. Some use it to pray, others use it to write a novel; some keep a journal to record their favorite songs or books. The ideas are wide open. Each item or journal entry enables a young person to Listen To Who They Are.
My answer: I did not keep the type of journal I keep today. My approach I did not consider journaling; I used a regular school notebook to write opinion pieces and song lyrics. But it was my way of capturing my Voice and what mattered to me.
I wish I had learned or known how to keep a journal back then like I do now. But I must also honor what I *did* do since I did listen to what mattered to me.
Let's welcome Marianne Ingheim Rossi back as Special Guest today as we continue our #JournalChat Live Facebook Discussion with our topic, Your Journaling: Listen to Who You Are.
Marianne's Post, Journaling and the Authentic Life, is our journaling resource.
Our focus question:
Did you keep a journal in your youth to capture and listen to Who You Were?
Did you keep a journal in your youth to capture and listen to Who You Were?
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