Day 1,820: Journaling

It’s been a while since I talked about journaling, and why I’ve been doing it daily (and publicly) for almost five years now. But, I have a friend who’s just starting to journal, and it made me think about why I picked this habit up, and why I’ve stuck with it.

Journaling every day has two major draws for me right off the top of my head. The first is that it serves as a way for me to process my day: my emotions, the things I accomplished, what I failed at, and also looking forward to the next...