5 Ways to Begin Your Journey to Journalling

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">          Do you ever wonder what you should be doing next? Do you ever wonder is this it? Do you have those moments where you question yourSelf to the point of confusion? Do you spend a lot of time up in your head trying to figure things out? Ya, me too. My mind moves fast I move even faster. In a world where we absorb so much information each day how the heck are we suppose to know left from right? I used to be the queen of bypassing my life because I just wanted to keep moving and figure out my purpose, I wanted to get to the endpoint already. The moment we realize that journey is actually the destination is when we give ourSelves the opportunity to truly meet ourSelf. When I started journaling it came as a last resort to feel better. I had tried different ways to clear my thoughts to find ease and this was my last shot. At first, it felt weird almost like I was scared to give power to my words and emotions. I went through waves of not knowing if what I was writing was ‘right’. Some days I would write way longer than others, was that okay? I just didn’t know but for some reason, journaling kept sneaking back on in to my routine until it was a daily practice. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">        The first question I ask a client is, ‘do you have a relationship with yourSelf’. I receive looks of confusion, fast answers and sometimes nothing at all. The reason why I didn’t put pen to paper sooner than I did was that I didn’t know what my real thoughts and feelings were because I wasn’t taught how to honour them. This is why journaling is so important. Humans don’t make decisions from our heads. Not one of us. We make decisions from a place in our bodies but because we are trained from such a young age to value how we think we forget to tune into and give power to other aspects of ourSelves. This is where journaling comes in. Journaling is a mini sanctuary where you have the opportunity to re-introduce yourSelf to your inner world. An inner world that may have b