5 reasons why you should start writing a diary

1. You can get to know yourself and your emotions better

Reading the diary we kept many years earlier can help us to remember the past, not to forget small, small beautiful details from our past, and to see how mature as we are on the path of our personal development.

We can remember how we found the strength to get through the hard times and how brave we were to achieve some things while we thought we might not.

We can see what it is that makes us happy, with which people and in which situations we feel best, and who fills us with "negative energy".

We can follow how we have changed and become wiser from year to year.

2. You can sharpen your intuition

By writing a diary, you can continuously monitor how you felt before important events (whether pleasant or unpleasant) and over time learn to better listen to your intuition.

Be sure to note:

• The dreams you dreamed
• Feelings or excitement you experienced during the day
• If you met a new person, write down how you felt about that person
• If you went to a new place or had a new experience, make a note of how you felt about the situation or place.
• If you experience some strange excitement during the day
• Some objects, titles, people, sounds, smells that caught your attention

3. You can express your creative side

You can also use your diary as a platform to express and develop your creative side.

In addition to improving your writing skills, you can paint illustrations into your diary, draw something, highlight some of your thoughts with colorful markers, stick some photos or bills, tickets, stickers, some flowers that remind you of beautiful moments or a loved one.

You can also keep a photo diary, in which you will stick interesting photos you took that day or make a collage of photos. The limit is only in your creativity and imagination.

4. You can look at your thoughts and emotions from a different perspective

When you write your emotions and thoughts on paper, you can look at them from a different perspective, as an “ observer ” and have some important moments of self-realization. For example, you may notice that you often use derogatory words (“stupid”, “crazy”, “rolled up”…), or that you have reacted too emotionally to a situation, or that you care too much about something.

5. You can express your negative emotions

There is something liberating in expressing your deepest emotions, painful experiences, or negative thoughts on paper.

Just as you feel better when you share your problem with someone, also expressing negative emotions and things that pressure you on paper will help you “let go” of them more easily and feel “relieved”.

It is for this reason that diary writing is often part of psychotherapy and many personal development and self-help programs. If you want to share your thoughts and emotions not only in writing but also with other people, you can consider writing a blog.

By: Olivia J. - Gossip Whispers