You Belong Somewhere You Feel Free

self improvement • soft living • journaling

[1111slm]

What Journaling For A Year Has Taught Me

• it doesn’t have to be aesthetically pleasing. Every time I ever tried journaling before, I cared so much about hand writing and cute little details. But it’s my journal. Nobody is gonna see it but me. And now that I’ve done a year, I’m starting to naturally make it cuter, bit by bit. Because I love the idea of cute journal spreads

• it’s alright to change things up. My journal is never the same month to month. Sometimes I write a lot or a little. Sometimes I track certain things and other times I don’t.

• I love an ecosystem Totally not necessary, but I love organizing my thoughts into a few journals. I have one for my everyday life, my spiritual stuff (meditation and manifestations), and one for important moments in my life.

• I notice small moments a lot more in my life there’s so much beauty I notice now, that I used to ignore. I have a section in my journal dedicated to small good moments. Jokes, pretty views, impromptu conversations.

• I realize I’m improving every day, even though sometimes it doesn’t feel that way. I track my life now and I have a way to look back and see proof of progress. Even when I feel like I’m spinning my wheels

• my emotions don’t fester as often when I’m upset about something, I used to just ruminate on them. Now I write them down and it is a great way to release negative energy

[papayajuan2019]

paper and pen seems so powerful now. on account of all the. surveillance

[1111slm]

As somebody who started journaling this year at 29, let me just say..it’s never too late to start journaling. So what if you don’t have a journal going back to your first day of kindergarten? When you’re 70 you’ll be able to say you have kept a journal every day since you were 18, or 25, or 30.

[1111slm]

Things I’ve done to better my life in 2026 in January:

• made a goals list with everything I’ve wanted to accomplish this year and worked on a plan to get it all done

• started waking up earlier

• unfollowed people and content creators that I don’t get enjoyment out of or that suck my energy

•began deep cleaning my spaces. Physically, mentally, spiritually, and digitally

[1111slm]

I made strides with improving myself when I stopped trying to be perfect. Stopped following every morning routine video I saw. When I started on working on small steps. Not huge leaps over night. When I realized shame isn’t enough to keep you going. Self love is. When I took it one step at a time. Learned what worked for me. Self improvement is definitely a journey.’

[1111slm]

I really believe so many people’s problems could be solved if they just journaled and meditated once in a while