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Journaling - The Write Stuff For You?

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Since I stopped writing "dear diary" lol 😆 I thought that was a good memory when I was reading your post. So thank you.
I have a journal and sometimes I draw write down bible verses and studies, quotes I like.
I love looking back at it and seeing growth its like reading a story.

Sometimes I write down a letter to someone im mad at or some one whose hurt me.
Write all thats in my head and sign my name rip it up and throw it in my fire pit. It's getting it all out and the burning is letting it go.
Releasing it.

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@momdukes3 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect! Like you, I have used the write it down/then destroy it when dealing with someone I have a grudge against. Sometimes I hold onto that letter and reread it a day later to see if it really was me, or how I might fix everything.

A journal can be anything we like. Not just words we write. Fortune cookie slips, cartoons, tickets that remind us of an event, poetry we write ourselves or like from someone else.

Seeing our growth, as you stated, let's us see how we are doing.
Ginger