How to Start Journaling For Beginners
If You're New to Journaling, These Therapists' Tips Will Help You Get Started
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"When beginning to journal, it's important to keep in mind why you're journaling in the first place," Saba Harouni Lurie, LMFT, ATR-BC, the founder of Take Root Therapy, told POPSUGAR.
If you want to use your journal for processing experiences and to better understand yourself or your feelings, Saba recommends following a stream of consciousness format. "Write as if no one is reading. Try not to judge yourself and let yourself land wherever you need to," she said. Additionally, you can write from your point of view on one page and then respond to yourself on the other page as if you were writing from the perspective of a close friend.
Another option is to journal for structure such as tracking your progress to meeting a particular goal with bullet journaling. "Topics could include things you're grateful for, things that seem significant, or things that have moved you."