Despite being a writer, I never ever enjoyed writing things down with my hands! I would never practise writing exams before the actual day. And that’s why the idea of journaling NEVER made sense to me ! 
I’d hear people going gaga over it and saying how much it helped them and I remember trying out journaling for the first time when I was 10 or 11 but I just didn’t get it! 

Oh and don’t even get me started on journaling prompts – those felt like an absolute sham to me!

But. I recently got into Shadow Work. Where I was given prompts to journal about! I was told that the only single way it will work is if I write it on a paper in my handwriting- old school style. I always thought what’s the need for writing if I already know what I’m about to write and everything is already there in my head! 

Or that’s what I thought ! So I forcefully started doing it…

At first I’d throw the pen and paper away in frustration feeling like it was a complete waste of time – no one was going to read it, I already know everything and it’s not helping me , instead it’s forcing me to relive my worst moments! I was going to give up on it for the 15273746th time until I got the advice “you’re thinking too much, just write. Don’t think, just keep writing”. 

Today I thank the stars that I took that advice!

I started carrying a journal with me and kept writing – every time something triggered me, everything I felt low, every time I felt angry.  I would just express as I would to a close friend and I would ask why I felt this and wrote about that and so on until I reached the root of that feeling. 

This group is my way of bringing the magic I experienced to you as well!

So, what do you say?