{"id":63921,"date":"2025-11-19T08:01:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/do-you-ever-use-your-journal-as-a-hate-book-to-get-negative-energy-out-is-this-a-productive-way-to-use-a-journal\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T08:01:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:01:47","slug":"do-you-ever-use-your-journal-as-a-hate-book-to-get-negative-energy-out-is-this-a-productive-way-to-use-a-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/do-you-ever-use-your-journal-as-a-hate-book-to-get-negative-energy-out-is-this-a-productive-way-to-use-a-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you ever use your journal as a \u201cHate Book\u201d, to get negative energy out ? Is this a productive way to use a journal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Claudia P.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I have two separate journals. I use one daily and I use one only when I need to vent or let out a lot of stuff on paper. Every time I\u2019ve vented or let out any negative energy in my second journal it\u2019s always helped.<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-1697027984\"><div id=\"thefa-452256250\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Procrastination is not laziness. It's a lack of routine.<\/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 yours now<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Bert J.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">No I have never used a journal as a gate book because I believe that what you write and speak is what manifests into your life. So if you write gate then that&#8217;s the energy that you will be recreating in your life through your journal. Instead try to focus on positive energy and good things. Things that you can be thankful for and things that are going right. Also reflect on the bad that occurred but only through the lense of making it better<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Alina F.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Yes, I started writing my negative energy more often than positive at some point. I can\u2019t say that it is a productive way to journal, but it did make me feel better. Later when I would read back I was able to help myself more understand what could have potential helped me through the situation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claudia P. I have two separate journals. I use one daily and I use one only when I need to vent or let out a lot of stuff on paper. Every time I\u2019ve vented or let out any negative energy in my second journal it\u2019s always helped. Bert J. 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