{"id":43,"date":"2015-11-02T11:55:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T11:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/?p=43"},"modified":"2015-11-02T11:58:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T11:58:29","slug":"why-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/why-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Journal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2923_v2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-44\" src=\"https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2923_v2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2923_v2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2923_v2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2923_v2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Journaling is somewhat of a fad right now. Check any bookstore and many other types of establishments, and you&#8217;ll find multiple shelves of journals in all shapes and sizes. Some are blank books while others are guided writing exercises designed to appeal to a particular audience. There are journals with themes, with blank pages to include pictures and scrapbooking items, with record sheets for family events, and more. \u00a0It takes the preteen notion of &#8220;keeping a diary&#8221; to a whole new level.<\/p>\n<p>People journal for lots and lots of different reasons, and usually for more than one reason. Do you see yourself anywhere on this list?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To record daily life for children or other loved ones<\/li>\n<li>To explore personal feelings<\/li>\n<li>To gain or maintain perspective<\/li>\n<li>To bank successes for future darker days<\/li>\n<li>To experiment with different styles of writing<\/li>\n<li>To resolve inner conflict<\/li>\n<li>To promote healing and wellness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The list goes on, and it&#8217;s as varied as there are people in the world. And your reasons may change over time. There is no &#8220;Journal Law&#8221; that says you must be consistent in your journal. So grab a nice blank book, or a book of writing prompts, or a scrapbook, or a computer or tablet, or whatever medium works for you right now, and get writing! \u00a0It&#8217;s good for the soul no matter what your motivation is!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journaling is somewhat of a fad right now. Check any bookstore and many other types of establishments, and you&#8217;ll find multiple shelves of journals in all shapes and sizes. Some are blank books while others are guided writing exercises designed to appeal to a particular audience. There are journals with themes, with blank pages to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/why-journal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why Journal?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[5,6,7,9,10,8],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journaling-motivation","tag-journal","tag-journaling","tag-journaling-motivation","tag-learn-to-journal","tag-start-a-journal","tag-why-journal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6UHhg-H","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46,"href":"https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningnook.com\/journalinglife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}