[ journal entry 1 | 2022.01.23 ]

This idea came to me yesterday. I’m not sure whether it will be interesting or whether I’m writing for nobody. But I have always found writing to be very therapeutic and thus why I have so many journals. I think I express myself the most easily in writing.

I get lost in my thoughts when I speak and the words come out disorganized. When I write, I’m able to let my fingers glide along the keyboard and let the words come out. When I write in my journal, my pen is dancing across the lines as the letters take shape into words.

Will this idea go anywhere? I’m not sure. But here we are. Entry #1.

I thought of this while watching “Archive 81” where this guy is watching videos of this girl from the past and then he comes across a whole bunch of journals, completely filled.

And I thought to myself how interesting it would be to read someone else’s journal, read about their thoughts, their emotions, their experiences. Step into someone else’s brain for a bit rather than being in my own. I know what goes on in my brain and to be honest, it often feels like a jumble. It can be hard being in my head sometimes.

Until I’m able to get it out in writing. Whether it’s on my phone in one of the many “brain dump” I have in my phone, or one of my handwritten journal entries.

I wanted to start sharing journal entries on my blog. As a way to share my thoughts, emotions and experiences. Through my business, I try to present thoughts and ideas in a structured way to teach, inspire and help people feel happier. But maybe through my more jumbled up thoughts, it might resonate with someone in the world, or it might help a stranger, or it might inspire a soul.

Whatever it might be, this is the first minuscule step into an idea that I have that feels grandiose in some ways, but also so simple and raw in other ways.

I don’t know if I’ll keep doing entries such as this one where I just pull out my laptop and write. Or whether I’ll share pictures of past journal entries (from my physical journals). Maybe down the line, I’ll ask you, my readers, to submit journal entries from your own journals or ask you a specific prompt and see the many different answers that might come up.

I’ll let the idea simmer. I’ll let the inspiration strike. I have ideas (told you, my brain is full to the brim) and we’ll see where the next step takes us.

Until next time…