Top Ten Tuesday - Reasons to journal

1. It lets you clean out old pains
2. It preserves current daily memories that would otherwise be forgotten
3. It also preserves great triumphs and the best days, as they are when you live them
4. It shows you the inside of yourself so that you can better understand yourself
5. It's a holistic view of your life, so you can see the patterns you miss when you're living it
6. "the unexamined life is not worth living" and this is exactly examining
7. Anything you put in your journal is journaling
8. A planner is really just a stripped down journal, and journaling can reclaim that day-to-day aspect
9. Have you seen all the awesome people in history who kept journals? You could be part of that group.
10. Clearing out your brain helps you sleep more and worry less