{"id":22115,"date":"2020-04-08T10:10:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T10:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-long-do-you-take-to-write-in-your-journal-and-do-you-write-creatively-or-just-to-empty-your-mind-of-the-day\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T16:03:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:03:26","slug":"how-long-do-you-take-to-write-in-your-journal-and-do-you-write-creatively-or-just-to-empty-your-mind-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-long-do-you-take-to-write-in-your-journal-and-do-you-write-creatively-or-just-to-empty-your-mind-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"How long do you take to write in your journal and do you write creatively or just to empty your mind of the day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Charlie I.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I put aside 20mins to write my journal every morning. I use a journal app to type and save securely which make me feel more comfortable in my writing . <\/p>\n<p>I tend to use it to empty my thoughts for the day. Im not always sure what I will write about until I start. I try to let my mind free flow and just write down the thoughts. It can be a strange experience sometimes, like I can only see the sentence I am currently working on and the next doesn&#39;t reveal itself until I have finished the previous one. I have found it has helped me slow down and follow my train of thought. I&#39;ve been able to work through unresolved thoughts about past experiences in a way that keeps me accountable. I try to use &#39;I&#39; messages rather than &#39;You&#39; (e.g. &#39;I feel &#x2F; think&#39; rather than &#39;You made me&#39; etc). I think it has helped keep me responsible for my own emotions and meaning making. I do sometimes have the urge to write down a &#39;You&#39; message when I feel stuck. So when I write it down I follow it with &#39;I&#39; messages. It actually helps me to start to unpack what I&#39;m struggling with because I know it&#39;s coming from a place of blame. It also helps validate some of those go to, gut reactions of blaming without agreeing and just seeing them from the surface.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-3482495259\"><div id=\"thefa-6675334\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Stop wasting your mornings<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Build a better life<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Emma E.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">It varies, I don&#39;t want to turn it into a chore so if I don&#39;t feel like writing, then I just do a short burst. Usually inspiration kicks in and I write longer than I thought I would. I usually think about something that&#39;s bothering me and then try and rationalise it, work in solutions and set myself a goal for the next day.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Isaiah G.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I haven&#39;t  kept an effective journal for over 15 years.  So when I  write, it is just snippets of a vision, goal or topic and or person. That is already put together inside of me but hard to articulate out because I am super critical of my writing.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Yari F.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I journal at different times for different reasons. Lately, I have a specific writing journal for processing my grief. I lost my partner of 16 years in February. I write to him through my journal and also to myself. Mostly when I am overwhelmed. I write entries every few days. I&#39;m the evenings, I write a very brief every in a gratitude journal app.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie I. I put aside 20mins to write my journal every morning. I use a journal app to type and save securely which make me feel more comfortable in my writing . I tend to use it to empty my thoughts for the day. Im not always sure what I will write about until I start. 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