When I was younger, I did journal nearly every day. It helped me get through some dark times in my life. And it spiraled off into fictional tales–a few that I happened across not too long ago. I also tried the morning pages route for a while, but for some strange reason, I couldn’t stick with it.

The journaling stopped for a little while, but now I’m doing it full force again…well, a modification at least. My preference was to journal on lined paper. Now that I’ve been drawing more, I’ve found the lined paper to be inhibiting, so ever since I got my plain Moleskine, it’s allowed me to throw sketches into my journals. Sometimes I’ll journal for myself, other times I’ll journal from a character’s perspective, and other times I’ll just jot down quick thoughts, lines, or images that I want to remember later. It’s a mishmash really.

Frankly, I just leave it up to mood. If I feel like journaling, or need to in order to get through a certain section of my life, then I do it. Otherwise, I just have a look over my journal collection and smile.
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I think I am definitely thinking that my new journal will be more on the spiritual end, though. That one I kept a couple of years ago has been so helpful to me, and was tremendously helpful as I was writing it.

And thank you about the word count! I can’t believe I’m more than halfway through (it doesn’t seem like it some days).

I keep thinking of your wonderful posts about your travels. Our road trip won’t be anything like yours, but soon, I hope.

I would love to have regular journals, though. I like the idea of keeping my writing going when things feel stalled.