2. I finished another journal

I started my last journal at 2023, January 4th. I completed it today, at 2024, December 11th.

It's been with me for almost 2 years of many changes in my life and my character, through many ups and downs.

It barely has any stickers or decorations. I'm not good at that. (^^') I used the same colored pens to write the dates of each entry and a blue ball pen to write my thoughts. It's satisfying to flip through it and see lines and lines of blue!

There are notes about myself and about the people in my life. Words of gratitude and words of anger. Happiness and sadness. Exciting feelings and normal, routine, average things.

When I think about it, everything there feels so true.

My life is usually the same. Or at least it looks usually the same. It's hard to see how different each day is if I only watch myself from the outside, but it's also hard to keep an eye at what happens on the inside.

Sometimes, writing reminds me that every day is unique.

Sometimes I start writing feeling down. The next day, my writing starts with I'm feeling good.

Sometimes I even forget that I was sad the day before! I only remember because I see it written side by side with my newest happy words.

Seeing my past negative feelings doesn't make me feel sad again. Instead, it helps me see that nothing is permanent. Positive and negative feelings will always come and go, and that's not something to be sad about. Actually, understanding it is probably one of the most valuable things I've ever learned.

I'm happy for my journal and for everything that's written in there (although I don't even remember what I wrote there yesterday).

Now I 'm ready to start a new notebook!

Emi :)