Why Journaling Beats Peanut Butter on Pancakes

Journaling is the best thing to be doing on a rainy day, or even outside on a sunny day. It is one of my favorite hobbies to be doing- I love the notebooks, the various pens, the beauty of a blank page; does anyone else understand me here? No? Okay then, that's why I'm writing this post on why journaling is just so great and why you should do it every single day of your life. 

It doesn't even matter how you journal; what I do is, I keep track of creative writing prompts in a notebook and write about them as often as I can. There are lots of different journals that I use, like a mini composition notebook for travel, or a regular composition notebook, or even just one of those cute little journals with a quote on them that you get at the art store. The point is, there are thousands of ways to journal, and you can choose whichever way you want- do more than one, if you please. 

Writing and keeping a journal isn't some new thing- it has been around for hundreds of years, simply trying to survive humanity, but since everyone is keeping a digital journal now- excluding me- it's going out of style. Yes, recording and keeping a journal is ancient, but that doesn't mean that it's extinct or even going extinct. We should be trying to keep this wonderful art alive, not killing it off with technology. Don't you just love the feel of a new pen on a blank page, or the feel of the paper, or even the sound of turning a page?

Journaling has so many benefits, mostly depending on the type of journal you choose the write. For example, by choosing to write in a bullet journal, you can reduce the number of sticky note reminders stuck on your fridge and also the number of alarms and reminders that you have typed into your phone. It's like a to-do list journal, but cuter and more sophisticated than that. Adding something to your journal every day can help develop your writing skills and make you a lot more creative, whether you're writing about your day or a short story or even just a couple of to-do lists. Think about it this way- ever time you write, another bond is formed in your brain.
 
Simply finding the time to get out a book every day and write in it for as long as possible is so rewarding in itself- don't you find it relaxing and sort of soothing? Also, in the future, you can look back at it and remember that one day- the day it wouldn't stop raining, and how you laughed so hard but you don't even remember the joke, and how the dog was afraid of the lightning so he fell asleep next to you- and you wrote it all down just because that day didn't deserve to be forgotten. That's why you should keep a journal. 

If this has changed you perspective on journaling, then that's fantastic because that's just what I was aiming to do- keeping a journal is life-changing, and frankly, it really does beat peanut butter on pancakes (in my opinion, not to bash on your beliefs). Thanks for reading!

xx Savannah