You Need to Journal If...

I didn't use to journal much.  It's not like I didn't want to.  In fact, I've always liked the idea, I think.  But for the longest time (meaning up until, like two months ago), I only kept a journal sporadically and only wrote when I would die if I didn't.  (Strangely, I very often now feel like I'll die if I don't write.)

It ain't gotta be fancy.  I use a plain ol' spiral noteook!

But lately, I've wanted to get into it more, not just as an occasional thing, but an almost every day kind of thing.  And man, I am so glad I've jumped into it!  When I used up my little purse journal in early August, I began a new purse journal, and simultaneously, a new start to journaling!

This "new" journal I began again in, was actually an old, unused journal I still had from years ago, that I had written verses in at the top of each page (except for the last few), which is just perfect!

If you're wondering why it's blurry, it's because no, you may not read my journal.  Ha!

Wewere at a friend's (multiple friends, actually) house last weekend, and amidst doing homework pondering life upstairs on Saturday night, I came up with a long list of reasons YOU need to journal!  Because I really think journaling is so beneficial.  All Most of these apply to meself too!*  Here's the list (I'm not referring to the picture...).  :D

I wrote this list for Jennie's Creative Play Challenge, week two.

*If all of these apply to you, please go turn yourself into jail before taking over the world.  Thx.

You Need to Journal If...

• You feel guilt when you write suuuper long letters to friends because you're afraid of boring them, but you need to write it all down.
• You have big dreams.
• You have words practically pooping out of your brain and YOU JUST NEED TO LET THEM OUT.
• You're an emotional teenage girl.
• You're an emotional human being.
• You have a disorganized brain.
• You feel like no one else understands you (this would also be a fantastic time to talk to God + read the Psalms).
• You want to practice your handwriting doing something productive.
• You want to be able to write and not care how your handwriting looks.
• You have lots of secret thoughts and must tell someone, but there's no one you want to tell.
• You have secret evil plans to take over the world.
• You are super duper annoyed about someone/something, but you don't want to gossip to others.
• You've pledged to keep a secret, but you HAVE to tell someone.  RIGHT NOOOW.  (And who better to tell than yourself?)
• You want your life story recorded for future generations.
• You want to be remembered in history and have your journal put in some cool museum for people all around the world to see.  After you die.  Duh.
• You want to record your thoughts, dreams, wonderments, wanderments, and joys, throughout the years to look back on later.
• You want to remember the small things, as well as the big.
• You want to come back later and see how your handwriting has evolved.
• You want to come back later and see how your thought process has evolved.
• You want to remember the good times, and the bad, and learn from them.
• You have any life problems, at all.
• You need to sort your thoughts.
• You discovered something amazing that will impact the rest of history.
• You're stressed about life.
• You want to talk to yourself, but you know it's more socially acceptable to journal.  (Who cares?  I do both!)  (They're basically the same anywho!)
• You want to talk to yourself, but you're in a situation where if any sound issues forth from your mouth, you instantly die.
• You need a productive way to procrastinate on school.
• You need a productive way to procrastinate on life.
• You're an introvert and people stress you out.
• You're an extrovert and people stress you out (does that happen?  I wouldn't know.)
•  You have a speaking disorder but love to talk.  A lot.  (AKA, you mumble and mix up words a lot so it's very hard to talk, and you find it easier to just write it all down.)  (AKA, me.)

I know there have got to be so many more reasons that YOU (and I) need to journal.  What are they?

P.S.  Should I do more posts on journal-y stuffs?  I like the idea...