Since I have known my wife, I have been in awe of her ability to focus on self-care and part of that for her was journaling in the morning. I refused to do journaling, and have discovered that it was because I was afraid to face the true feelings that I had, and face the realities that I have created for myself as part of my addiction and recovery. journaling can take on different meetings, and in my case writing, this blog serves as journaling.
However, using a physical pen and paper is more valuable psychologically, because the things that you write are more impactful and creative and committed to memory then when typing out those same feelings. my handwriting is terrible! As with my teenage daughter, I realize that you’ve got to keep that journal private, and stole it away, where nobody can find it, because once feelings are hard to understand someone else.
And so I journal, er blog, on…