A Journey Journal

Inner journey

Being able to write everything I was feeling helped me so much. I felt like I had someone to speak too that would just listen without any kind of judgment. This journal helped me because at every entry I could see what was bothering me that day. This semester was and still is very hard. Writing in this journal helped relax and just organize my thoughts.

             For me it's hard to talk about my feelings. At the beginning whenever something related to my personal life popped in to my mind I tried to fight it out but in that stream of consciousness it always came back. I think writing in this journal helped me express better my feeling and not be scared to talk about them and even embrace them.

Outer journey

            At first it was hard following the anti rules. They just seem so unnatural to me. It was like going against what I've been taught since I can remember. Going back to fix a word or over thinking before writing was almost inevitable, but as I wrote more and more in the journal I was able to let go. At the end it was the opposite. I could just write without thinking. I was able to let go and just write exactly what I had in my mind.

            This assignment helped me in many ways. In my personal life and in my studies. For my personal life it helped me to vent and express my feelings. Like I've said before I've had I really though last three months. It also helped me taking notes in class. My first years in college it was hard for me when it came to taking notes. I spent too much times fixing my grammar and over thinking what I was writing. Now I can take notes really fast and just write what the professor is saying.

            For my life compasses my numbers were always low.  My highest number was 9 . My numbers where high whenever I was at my house with my family. At my house is where I feel safe and relax. Well most of the time.

            I enjoyed writing in my journal. I learned that I'm a person that whenever something is bothering me I can't stop thinking about it. Whatever I'm going through is always in the back of my mind. I also have allot of things in my mind. I change from subject to subject so fast. I'll probably try to keep a personal journal because I really loved writing one for this class.