I’ve journaled on and off for years. It’s incredibly stressful for me. Most of what I write is unbearably stupid. It’s excrutiatig to see how dumb I am. I tried to turn lemons into lemonade, and decided to keep a “what did I learn” journal, but it was even worse. Maybe journaling isn’t for everyone.
I'd love to hear more about your experience, especially about what happened exactly with that "what did I learn" journal. I'm on the same boat.
Instead of trying be introspective about my life, I've started to write down facts: I did so-and-so and this is why it worked, or why it didn't work. And what was my emotional reaction. That definitely yields less stupid sounding journals.
