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Hi everyone,
Hope you're all enjoying the start of a new week! ☀️ ☔
I used to write a journal on a daily basis as a child and really enjoyed putting my thoughts on paper, using a physical journal book and lots of coloured pens. I even wrote one journal book completely in a made-up code language that I still think looked super cool! 
As a teenager I wrote in my journal sometimes, and as I got older it was less and less until as an adult I have dropped the habit altogether. I have recently started thinking that it would be nice to start again after hearing that it can be beneficial for mental health.
I'm curious if anyone here on the community writes in a journal/diary on a regular basis, or if you've done so in the past? 
What do you think are the benefits?
Nowadays, in addition to regular physical journal books, there are computers, laptops, smartphones and tablets - which format do you use and do you have any journal/diary apps or software to recommend if you're doing it digitally?
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@Projectionist wrote:
Hi,
I too write a journal by hand, I've tried digital diaries, but much prefer a book, as you can doodle in it, glue pictures, tickets and such.
My journal is just for travel experiences/planning (we're walking the Northern Camino Santiago in stages), and reading it is entertaining on less interesting days back home, as well learning from some of the mistakes made along "The Way" when planning the next trip.
(Main lesson learnt ? Don't stay in hostels if you can afford better - snoring, bag rustling, bathroom q's, early risers, mobile phone use....)
Yes, @Projectionist, I think that even though there are some apps or software where you can kind of paste images and even doodle next to your text, it's still not the same as physical diary pages for some writers! You just need to feel it in your hands.
@TallTrees I didn't consider you could also draw and put notes on the photos - that's very handy! I can definitely now get it and could totally include some more abstract thought in there as well.
@ComaChameleon I went to therapy some years ago and they recommended a diary, or if that's too much, then at least a log of positive things on a daily basis, even the smallest of things to start with such as spotting a squirrel outside. That was a good way to be aware that even though things might be dark at one point in time, there can be little good things scattered here and there - just need to notice, which can be sometimes very difficult.
I've also heard that people keep drawing diaries, or diaries of other type of art - paintings, for example. I think your image diary @TallTrees could also count as a diary of art in a way!
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Yes it is useful ~ used from the Edit facililty on my computer
probably on phone too. @Marjo
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It is a picture diary October 2019 ~ this is the last bunch of grapes on my Black Hamburg vine in the
Greenhouse, part of the great vine growing in Hampton Court Palace. @Marjo
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Yes you can grow lots of different varieties outdoors. @Marjo
This particular one doesn't like to be outdoors, it won't fruit.
The roots are free to roam outside and down through the
Greenhouse floor. I run it along the roof of the greenhouse.
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@Marjo wrote:
@ComaChameleon I went to therapy some years ago and they recommended a diary, or if that's too much, then at least a log of positive things on a daily basis, even the smallest of things to start with such as spotting a squirrel outside. That was a good way to be aware that even though things might be dark at one point in time, there can be little good things scattered here and there - just need to notice, which can be sometimes very difficult.
That's kind of what I'm doing... I feel good/bad - write something. But I think it would be pointless to write "my shift went nice, collegue and I laughed hard"
