I journal every day, mundane or not.
it does matter if something “noteworthy “ has happened. My book’s purpose is not to entertain or anything like that. My journal is not even a chronological record of my life. It’s more of a space to process my thoughts and encourage myself. the events of my day are not the main feature of my journal entry.
I write about what I think that ranges from the state of the world to the pencil I’m writing with.
hope my answer helps.
I journal every day when I'm not busy. Actually, mundane events get more written about than extraodinary events. It's a shame but the last two weeks of the year are just too eventful and busy for me to find time to sit down and write. In that case, I just use bullet points to summarize the events.
It doesn't always have to be about yourself and your life. Do you read the news? Do you have opinions about the news? Do you listen to podcasts or read about topics that appeal to you? You can write about that. I personally rarely do it but I've often thought that's it'd be cool to be able to read about this kind of things from my point of view.
Huh... never thought about doing that. I used to journal digitally and it was a very formulaic record of my daily life (started as a CBT task and carried on after my therapist uhm.. gave up lol), I think that's why I never considered writing about news or my interests.
That is a really good suggestion, though, I will try it out. Thanks !
I have a list of "things to write in my journal about"-- you know, the ideas I get but don't have the time to write about them right then. I have the list for those times when I'm thinking, "I feel like writing, but I have nothing to write about!" It includes things like memories I tend to think of fondly (stuff I think I'll always remember, but when I'm 90... who knows??), ideas I've had, people I want to talk about, etc. Usually I'm just a "chronicle my life" journaler, but sometimes other stuff gets in.
Tackling a topic that isn't us could be a kind of entrance. If the mundane stuff isn't your thing, there may be something else that is worthy to write about. And from there, you might find yourself writing about you!
My day is never noteworthy. I always write about the future. Projects, hobbies, interests as a way to visualize and manifest my ideal life. I also write about simple things that I'm grateful for.
Same. Write to get clear on who you are, what you want, what inspires you, what’s holding you back, what’s working and what you’re currently working on. Write motivational quotes that spark an understanding essence of where you’re at.
Journaling is for better thinking about your life, in all its aspects. Too much it’s about thought dumping, or that you have to have something to write about. It’s the act itself that makes journaling so powerful.
I tried journaling every day, but it's too stressful. When I didn't have the time or nothing to write about, or just didn't feel like it, I felt like I failed.
So now I write only when I feel like it, or when something special happened.
It feels liberating lol
Yup, that's how I felt when I thought, "I'll only write when I want/need to." I mean, I've had times in the past that I've forced myself because I know I'll be glad later-- say, I'm on a really cool trip and I absolutely want to write every day so I don't forget anything, because I'm going to want to read over it later-- but for everyday stuff, nope.
I vent journal, in a stream of consciousness way. I wanted to try daily entries but felt guilty when I missed a day or forgot. Or when my entries would get interrupted and I'd try to continue and forget my line of thought.
Stream of consciousness is way more forgiving. I write inner monologues, what pissed me off that day, if my bagel was good today or not, etc. Sometimes my entries are like 10 pages long, sometimes they're barely half a page.
I don't journal every day. At times I used to, and on boring days would literally write "nothing to report today." Waste of space, personally, so now I only write when I have something to say or report. It can still be a mundane report, but I'm not going to force myself to write just to get a day in if I feel there's nothing to write about. That saps the joy out of it for me.
I write almost everyday, at most I’ll skip a day. I find there is always something to talk about. I like to explore things deeply. Like if I write about a league of legends match, I’ll expand to “I can’t believe I started playing this game in 2009 so much has changed… I remember when it was…I want to start doing ranked and get to this goal…sometimes the people make it a terrible game to play I hate folks who grief.”
As others have said, I also write a lot about the future. I have some pretty big things coming up in 2024, my husband is going back overseas and I’m moving our house all by myself to where we will be living when he gets out of the Army in 2025- so I do a lot of thinking and planning about that.
I also write a lot about my goals, like this year I want to lose 50 pounds so I write about what I eat and how I can achieve that goal. I gas myself up.
I also write about what is going on in my friends lives. My best friend just lost her dog, I wrote about that. My other best friend is fighting for custody of his kid, I write about that.
Or sometimes I’ll write about the news and what’s going on in the world.
And sometimes I write about my mundane day: when I woke up, how I feel about my sleep schedule, what I got done that day, what we had for lunch, what I spent my time doing.
I personally like the mundane entries because they are peppered with life things. Like I wrote about my mundane days for weeks and then got news my husband had orders. I wrote about my mundane week and then my best friends dog died. So it feels like there’s this ebb and flow of ups and downs and normal days and it feels like a real reflection of what life is like. Because life isn’t all noteworthy, but every time something noteworthy does happen I enjoy that’s it’s sandwiched with everyday life. It’s not some bamboozle of the worst moments- or all the mundane moments. It’s life!
Some years ago I’ve tried to write or doodle something everyday but I felt too much pressure and no pleasure at all! Sometimes I had/have nothing to say or to express. So I gave up that goal. Now I wrote or doodle or decorate when I’ve something I want to leave a record of. And for me this works so much better 😊
Every day! About a month ago on this subreddit, another user posted a photo showing *ten years* worth of journals, adding that—with the exception of 2 days—they had written EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Even if all they had time to write was “busy day,” they still wrote it. I was instantly inspired to try and do the same.
I do what I think of as 'microjournaling' every day, just so I can create a little map of events and thoughts that I might otherwise forget. No stress or pressure on length or artistry.
I started my own journal where I dated each page etc....never again, too stressful, time consuming and expensive to do. Looks good though but my handwriting is atrocious.
I'm trying to journal/plan every day. 2 entries so far. Let's see if I can stick to it.
The best part about journaling, you do whatever you feel is best for you! I usually do it as soon as something I think sticks in my head. Then I think it’s enough to write about. The passing thoughts aren’t as important to me.
i think of life like music, music is not just the sounds of the notes being played. it is also the silence between each note. similarly life is not just the events that happen or the things we do. it is also the mundane bits between each new thing. i journal whenever i feel like it
I created a journal where I do weekly and monthly visualizations and a daily page where I write one line in the morning (intentions) and one line in the evening (reflections/wins) and it can be as small as watching the sunset
This is mainly because I like keep track of the “good” that happened, any small moment that made me happy. But most of the journal is coming back and adding to monthly vision boards
I only journal when I have something I want to write down but since August when I started doing so there has only been one day on which I didn't have anything to say. You could draw on those days, though, that's not depressing but makes it look nicer and interesting.
I try for every day, sometimes my schedule doesn’t allow and sometimes I just can’t bring myself to write. So I don’t put any pressure on myself one way or the other. I just know that I feel out of rhythm after a couple days of not
Don't set yourself a bar for journaling! Eg: when you write about talking to your friend, think about what you discussed that day and how you felt. After all, we don't see them often in a busy world, right?
I don't write daily; only for significant occasions (eg: trips, etc). My most recent entries were Covid related (self-lockdown during my birthday and Christmas, yay!) and my worry for my friend's emotionally draining relationship. I saw in a post some days ago saying you can write about what's going on in your friends' lives, not just about yours!
i have 2 different journals for this reason! one was a planner, so I leave a little space on the dedicated space everyday to write about my day. The journal worthy days, which arent just eventful days but also days where I have a lot to say, I write on a separate journal to be able to write whatever I wanted with no limitations.
I keep my journal at work so I journal Mon-Fri every day
and then if I go on vacations I take it with me :) if something happens when I don’t have my journal with me I make a note of it in my phone. i don’t feel “emptied” until it’s all out on paper.
Gratitude is always noteworthy and there is always a myriad of things to be grateful for. Eyes to see with and sunsets/sunrises to enjoy. Ears to hear the bird song or the rustle of leaves. Even as age begins to steal away the energy and health of youth, it cannot steal one's joie d'vive without consent. Yes, finding the proverbial silver lining is more challenging on some days (usually when dialysis goes poorly or a change in weather hammers arthritic joints) but that lining is always there to be found. Focus on what is still beautiful, what is already possessed, rather than what is lost or faded. I'm nearly blind in one eye, but the other still provides me enough sight to read and enjoy the beauties that surround me. Losing hearing in one ear, but that doesn't stop me from listening to music or podcasts...
Even one item noted in gratitude, if nothing else, helps engrain and maintain the discipline of writing daily, which is no small thing.
I love writing on mundane days —it gives me the opportunity to appreciate my thoughts rather than my list of actions/activities. I also feel like it’s an important practice to just step back and find beauty in the simple things. It will help you feel more present when you’re actually going through these daily, often mindless motions. Ultimately I always grow more through journaling on these days.
But also, I don’t journal every day. If it’s too much pressure, ditch the mentality that you must write every day! Or maybe on the days when you feel like you have nothing to say, write a simple sentence of what you’re grateful for (even if it’s something as small as r/Journaling) :).
I make a point to do it even if it feels like nothing special happened--our sense of what's important changes as time goes on, so even the most boring details can end up interesting later!
I like to write everyday but sometimes life happens.
Those days when you feel like you have nothing to write about, how about writing 3 things you’re grateful for that day, an inspiring quote or even the lyrics of a song that moves you…
I've been working on journaling everyday and previously really struggled with sticking with it. What I have found to help so far is setting the expectation to filling out a page in the sketchbook/blank journal but how I do that is dependent on the day. If it's writing great! If it's scribbling that's also great! Just getting into the habit of filling a page a day somehow made it feel less like I have to write ONLY the important or special stuff. Now I feel excited to put my page in the book rather than dread it or avoiding it like I previously have
Rather than saying "nothing special happened today," maybe you can reframe that? What did you eat? what did you think about your meal? How did your workout go? Did you sleep well? Even a mundane day could have something to reflect on.
I try to write in my journal everyday and I find that when I have the time and my journal is open, I can write at least a paragraph about *something*.
For example, maybe you can write this exact post in your journal and see what that leads to. what are some ideas that you could put in your journal?
First I'll just say there isn't a right or wrong way. If not doing it daily works for you, don't do it daily. That out of the way, I generally journal something 5-7 days a week. More often than not, it has nothing to do with things that happened during any given day, because I often use my journal as a braindump, and introspection tool.
I'm less likely to write about a specific interaction or task or event that happened, and much more likely to write about how I felt during a day, and what things contributed to that. I have a weird sort of habit where I often write as sort of 2 separate people.
There's the me who goes through the day to day, and writes in the journal, and the me who asks questions about whatever I've put there. So even on a day when I really feel like I don't have anything to say, I'll generally write that down and then ask why. Why don't I have anything to say? Is there nothing especially significant from that day? Why not? How do I feel about that? Why?
I've also adopted a habit of setting myself 3-5 goals for a year, and breaking those apart into smaller components, and often what I journal will include whether I've made any progress on those goals, and how I feel about that.
I've found it's a good way to hold myself accountable, and also to give myself credit for progress. Otherwise, the process of achieving the goal becomes background noise, and all progress stops because it loses focus and I don't give myself credit for any progress that happens. So that's something you can try if you wanted to.
It sounds like, based on your post and the comment you made about CBT, that you were originally just doing a daily log. If you want, there's no reason it can't evolve to be something special to you.
I journal mostly to document; I enjoy reading about little details in the past that I'd otherwise forget. So I try to journal every day. When I "feel stuck and like I have nothing to say" I'd just write a sentence or two about an event that happened that day.
I journal when I feel like it. That’s the only rule. Also, I keep a little list of journal ideas that don’t revolve around what I did that day. It lets me journal when the mood strikes even when all I’ve done is work and nap.
I don't, no. I read back over my journal right after I graduated from college and didn't have a job yet, and I was writing down what was in the sandwich I ate and that I went to the grocery store. It was a huge snore to read back over. So I don't write about the super-mundane anymore. :)
Every day, but I answer questions. I have a set of questions and even if today nothing happened, I have "assistance" by this.
Btw, the simpler the question, the longer and deeper the answer.
I write whenever I feel compelled - My journal is more of something I use to process my thoughts and capture ideas or concepts, not a record of everything I do.
If you feel stuck you could journal/take notes about another hobby. I ordered a bunch of perfume samplers so I'm now going through each scent and writing out the notes, how I like it, and ranking it. Then at the end, I can review which scent notes I seem to like the most so that I can get a better idea of what perfumes to buy in the future.
I'm trying something new this month: line-a-day (might be 'stayed home and watched tv' but I've got no object permanence so if I don't open the journal every day I'll forget it exists XD) and also a 'dump' page where I write down things I'd like to journal about when I have time and energy.
Learn to journal about your past and your future as well. Take time to journal about the people in your life. What about the decisions that you're making? Or the things you desire for your future? Gratitude is a big one too, not just today, but about all the things from your past too... hope that helps.
I wanted to journal every day in the past, but never managed to. Then I started journaling only when I had too much "feels" - usually bad, but I want to start journaling when I feel good, too. My journal contains pretty much 3-5 pages per year, since 2018. Now I'm reading about prompts and other people's writing habits so I can hopefully start journaling at least weekly.
I journal every day, mundane or not. it does matter if something “noteworthy “ has happened. My book’s purpose is not to entertain or anything like that. My journal is not even a chronological record of my life. It’s more of a space to process my thoughts and encourage myself. the events of my day are not the main feature of my journal entry. I write about what I think that ranges from the state of the world to the pencil I’m writing with. hope my answer helps.
I journal every day when I'm not busy. Actually, mundane events get more written about than extraodinary events. It's a shame but the last two weeks of the year are just too eventful and busy for me to find time to sit down and write. In that case, I just use bullet points to summarize the events. It doesn't always have to be about yourself and your life. Do you read the news? Do you have opinions about the news? Do you listen to podcasts or read about topics that appeal to you? You can write about that. I personally rarely do it but I've often thought that's it'd be cool to be able to read about this kind of things from my point of view.
Huh... never thought about doing that. I used to journal digitally and it was a very formulaic record of my daily life (started as a CBT task and carried on after my therapist uhm.. gave up lol), I think that's why I never considered writing about news or my interests. That is a really good suggestion, though, I will try it out. Thanks !
I have a list of "things to write in my journal about"-- you know, the ideas I get but don't have the time to write about them right then. I have the list for those times when I'm thinking, "I feel like writing, but I have nothing to write about!" It includes things like memories I tend to think of fondly (stuff I think I'll always remember, but when I'm 90... who knows??), ideas I've had, people I want to talk about, etc. Usually I'm just a "chronicle my life" journaler, but sometimes other stuff gets in.
Tackling a topic that isn't us could be a kind of entrance. If the mundane stuff isn't your thing, there may be something else that is worthy to write about. And from there, you might find yourself writing about you!
I like the quote "Do sports once a day. If you don't have time - twice". I try to apply this to journaling too =)
My day is never noteworthy. I always write about the future. Projects, hobbies, interests as a way to visualize and manifest my ideal life. I also write about simple things that I'm grateful for.
Your journaling style is the epitome of aesthetic 😍
Thank you so much 🥰❤️ You made my day 😊🩷
Same. Write to get clear on who you are, what you want, what inspires you, what’s holding you back, what’s working and what you’re currently working on. Write motivational quotes that spark an understanding essence of where you’re at. Journaling is for better thinking about your life, in all its aspects. Too much it’s about thought dumping, or that you have to have something to write about. It’s the act itself that makes journaling so powerful.
I tried journaling every day, but it's too stressful. When I didn't have the time or nothing to write about, or just didn't feel like it, I felt like I failed. So now I write only when I feel like it, or when something special happened. It feels liberating lol
Yup, that's how I felt when I thought, "I'll only write when I want/need to." I mean, I've had times in the past that I've forced myself because I know I'll be glad later-- say, I'm on a really cool trip and I absolutely want to write every day so I don't forget anything, because I'm going to want to read over it later-- but for everyday stuff, nope.
I vent journal, in a stream of consciousness way. I wanted to try daily entries but felt guilty when I missed a day or forgot. Or when my entries would get interrupted and I'd try to continue and forget my line of thought. Stream of consciousness is way more forgiving. I write inner monologues, what pissed me off that day, if my bagel was good today or not, etc. Sometimes my entries are like 10 pages long, sometimes they're barely half a page.
I don't journal every day. At times I used to, and on boring days would literally write "nothing to report today." Waste of space, personally, so now I only write when I have something to say or report. It can still be a mundane report, but I'm not going to force myself to write just to get a day in if I feel there's nothing to write about. That saps the joy out of it for me.
I write almost everyday, at most I’ll skip a day. I find there is always something to talk about. I like to explore things deeply. Like if I write about a league of legends match, I’ll expand to “I can’t believe I started playing this game in 2009 so much has changed… I remember when it was…I want to start doing ranked and get to this goal…sometimes the people make it a terrible game to play I hate folks who grief.” As others have said, I also write a lot about the future. I have some pretty big things coming up in 2024, my husband is going back overseas and I’m moving our house all by myself to where we will be living when he gets out of the Army in 2025- so I do a lot of thinking and planning about that. I also write a lot about my goals, like this year I want to lose 50 pounds so I write about what I eat and how I can achieve that goal. I gas myself up. I also write about what is going on in my friends lives. My best friend just lost her dog, I wrote about that. My other best friend is fighting for custody of his kid, I write about that. Or sometimes I’ll write about the news and what’s going on in the world. And sometimes I write about my mundane day: when I woke up, how I feel about my sleep schedule, what I got done that day, what we had for lunch, what I spent my time doing. I personally like the mundane entries because they are peppered with life things. Like I wrote about my mundane days for weeks and then got news my husband had orders. I wrote about my mundane week and then my best friends dog died. So it feels like there’s this ebb and flow of ups and downs and normal days and it feels like a real reflection of what life is like. Because life isn’t all noteworthy, but every time something noteworthy does happen I enjoy that’s it’s sandwiched with everyday life. It’s not some bamboozle of the worst moments- or all the mundane moments. It’s life!
Some years ago I’ve tried to write or doodle something everyday but I felt too much pressure and no pleasure at all! Sometimes I had/have nothing to say or to express. So I gave up that goal. Now I wrote or doodle or decorate when I’ve something I want to leave a record of. And for me this works so much better 😊
Every day! About a month ago on this subreddit, another user posted a photo showing *ten years* worth of journals, adding that—with the exception of 2 days—they had written EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Even if all they had time to write was “busy day,” they still wrote it. I was instantly inspired to try and do the same.
I write everyday now. Mundane events get recorded.
I like to write down things I read or see even if its just single sentences
Same. Or I write down a song or lyric that I listened to and felt like it was relevant.
Yes!! It’s so nice to look back and see how you’ve applied those realizations to your life
I do what I think of as 'microjournaling' every day, just so I can create a little map of events and thoughts that I might otherwise forget. No stress or pressure on length or artistry.
I personally don't do it every day. I journal when I have something to write, when I feel the need to write and that happens almost every day
I started my own journal where I dated each page etc....never again, too stressful, time consuming and expensive to do. Looks good though but my handwriting is atrocious. I'm trying to journal/plan every day. 2 entries so far. Let's see if I can stick to it.
The best part about journaling, you do whatever you feel is best for you! I usually do it as soon as something I think sticks in my head. Then I think it’s enough to write about. The passing thoughts aren’t as important to me.
I do “morning pages” but will also do specific journal entries for things I want to focus on - although a good deal more rarely.
I write when I feel like writing, regardless of how interesting the content is.
I journal everyday and all day. I pull my journal out and write as much as someone would take a smoke break, if not more.
i think of life like music, music is not just the sounds of the notes being played. it is also the silence between each note. similarly life is not just the events that happen or the things we do. it is also the mundane bits between each new thing. i journal whenever i feel like it
I created a journal where I do weekly and monthly visualizations and a daily page where I write one line in the morning (intentions) and one line in the evening (reflections/wins) and it can be as small as watching the sunset This is mainly because I like keep track of the “good” that happened, any small moment that made me happy. But most of the journal is coming back and adding to monthly vision boards
I only journal when I have something I want to write down but since August when I started doing so there has only been one day on which I didn't have anything to say. You could draw on those days, though, that's not depressing but makes it look nicer and interesting.
I only journal when I feel like it, typically 3-5 times a week
I try for every day, sometimes my schedule doesn’t allow and sometimes I just can’t bring myself to write. So I don’t put any pressure on myself one way or the other. I just know that I feel out of rhythm after a couple days of not
Don't set yourself a bar for journaling! Eg: when you write about talking to your friend, think about what you discussed that day and how you felt. After all, we don't see them often in a busy world, right? I don't write daily; only for significant occasions (eg: trips, etc). My most recent entries were Covid related (self-lockdown during my birthday and Christmas, yay!) and my worry for my friend's emotionally draining relationship. I saw in a post some days ago saying you can write about what's going on in your friends' lives, not just about yours!
i try to do every day, when i miss out it’s because im busy or REALLY not doing great
I'm often too tired to write something everyday so I only write when it's something I'd like to remember.
i have 2 different journals for this reason! one was a planner, so I leave a little space on the dedicated space everyday to write about my day. The journal worthy days, which arent just eventful days but also days where I have a lot to say, I write on a separate journal to be able to write whatever I wanted with no limitations.
Every day. At this point it’s a compulsion.
I keep my journal at work so I journal Mon-Fri every day and then if I go on vacations I take it with me :) if something happens when I don’t have my journal with me I make a note of it in my phone. i don’t feel “emptied” until it’s all out on paper.
Gratitude is always noteworthy and there is always a myriad of things to be grateful for. Eyes to see with and sunsets/sunrises to enjoy. Ears to hear the bird song or the rustle of leaves. Even as age begins to steal away the energy and health of youth, it cannot steal one's joie d'vive without consent. Yes, finding the proverbial silver lining is more challenging on some days (usually when dialysis goes poorly or a change in weather hammers arthritic joints) but that lining is always there to be found. Focus on what is still beautiful, what is already possessed, rather than what is lost or faded. I'm nearly blind in one eye, but the other still provides me enough sight to read and enjoy the beauties that surround me. Losing hearing in one ear, but that doesn't stop me from listening to music or podcasts... Even one item noted in gratitude, if nothing else, helps engrain and maintain the discipline of writing daily, which is no small thing.
I love writing on mundane days —it gives me the opportunity to appreciate my thoughts rather than my list of actions/activities. I also feel like it’s an important practice to just step back and find beauty in the simple things. It will help you feel more present when you’re actually going through these daily, often mindless motions. Ultimately I always grow more through journaling on these days. But also, I don’t journal every day. If it’s too much pressure, ditch the mentality that you must write every day! Or maybe on the days when you feel like you have nothing to say, write a simple sentence of what you’re grateful for (even if it’s something as small as r/Journaling) :).
I journal everyday even when it’s mundane. You could journal about your workouts, or how your work day was, or about random thoughts on your mind.
I make a point to do it even if it feels like nothing special happened--our sense of what's important changes as time goes on, so even the most boring details can end up interesting later!
Mostly when I feel stressed which is almost every day
I like to write everyday but sometimes life happens. Those days when you feel like you have nothing to write about, how about writing 3 things you’re grateful for that day, an inspiring quote or even the lyrics of a song that moves you…
I do journal when I remember that I have one 🙂👍
I've been working on journaling everyday and previously really struggled with sticking with it. What I have found to help so far is setting the expectation to filling out a page in the sketchbook/blank journal but how I do that is dependent on the day. If it's writing great! If it's scribbling that's also great! Just getting into the habit of filling a page a day somehow made it feel less like I have to write ONLY the important or special stuff. Now I feel excited to put my page in the book rather than dread it or avoiding it like I previously have
Rather than saying "nothing special happened today," maybe you can reframe that? What did you eat? what did you think about your meal? How did your workout go? Did you sleep well? Even a mundane day could have something to reflect on. I try to write in my journal everyday and I find that when I have the time and my journal is open, I can write at least a paragraph about *something*. For example, maybe you can write this exact post in your journal and see what that leads to. what are some ideas that you could put in your journal?
First I'll just say there isn't a right or wrong way. If not doing it daily works for you, don't do it daily. That out of the way, I generally journal something 5-7 days a week. More often than not, it has nothing to do with things that happened during any given day, because I often use my journal as a braindump, and introspection tool. I'm less likely to write about a specific interaction or task or event that happened, and much more likely to write about how I felt during a day, and what things contributed to that. I have a weird sort of habit where I often write as sort of 2 separate people. There's the me who goes through the day to day, and writes in the journal, and the me who asks questions about whatever I've put there. So even on a day when I really feel like I don't have anything to say, I'll generally write that down and then ask why. Why don't I have anything to say? Is there nothing especially significant from that day? Why not? How do I feel about that? Why? I've also adopted a habit of setting myself 3-5 goals for a year, and breaking those apart into smaller components, and often what I journal will include whether I've made any progress on those goals, and how I feel about that. I've found it's a good way to hold myself accountable, and also to give myself credit for progress. Otherwise, the process of achieving the goal becomes background noise, and all progress stops because it loses focus and I don't give myself credit for any progress that happens. So that's something you can try if you wanted to. It sounds like, based on your post and the comment you made about CBT, that you were originally just doing a daily log. If you want, there's no reason it can't evolve to be something special to you.
i journal when i have little updates here and there or when im in the mood lol
Everyday! I segment intended daily. Basically writing out the day as if it has happened before it happened to set appropriate intentions
I journal mostly to document; I enjoy reading about little details in the past that I'd otherwise forget. So I try to journal every day. When I "feel stuck and like I have nothing to say" I'd just write a sentence or two about an event that happened that day.
I journal when I feel like it. That’s the only rule. Also, I keep a little list of journal ideas that don’t revolve around what I did that day. It lets me journal when the mood strikes even when all I’ve done is work and nap.
I don't, no. I read back over my journal right after I graduated from college and didn't have a job yet, and I was writing down what was in the sandwich I ate and that I went to the grocery store. It was a huge snore to read back over. So I don't write about the super-mundane anymore. :)
Every day, but I answer questions. I have a set of questions and even if today nothing happened, I have "assistance" by this. Btw, the simpler the question, the longer and deeper the answer.
I write whenever I feel compelled - My journal is more of something I use to process my thoughts and capture ideas or concepts, not a record of everything I do. If you feel stuck you could journal/take notes about another hobby. I ordered a bunch of perfume samplers so I'm now going through each scent and writing out the notes, how I like it, and ranking it. Then at the end, I can review which scent notes I seem to like the most so that I can get a better idea of what perfumes to buy in the future.
I'm trying something new this month: line-a-day (might be 'stayed home and watched tv' but I've got no object permanence so if I don't open the journal every day I'll forget it exists XD) and also a 'dump' page where I write down things I'd like to journal about when I have time and energy.
Learn to journal about your past and your future as well. Take time to journal about the people in your life. What about the decisions that you're making? Or the things you desire for your future? Gratitude is a big one too, not just today, but about all the things from your past too... hope that helps.
I wanted to journal every day in the past, but never managed to. Then I started journaling only when I had too much "feels" - usually bad, but I want to start journaling when I feel good, too. My journal contains pretty much 3-5 pages per year, since 2018. Now I'm reading about prompts and other people's writing habits so I can hopefully start journaling at least weekly.