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Was (still am) going through some stuff a couple of weeks ago, stayed in my bed for like 3 days, started thinking about my emotions to the point where I couldn't feel anything without writing about it for like an hour.
Went to the zoo to feel better, decided i still wanted to journal my feelings but decided not to spoil them by trying to intellectualise them. Just felt the emotions and wrote as if I were a monkey experiencing them (oh ooh ooh, ah ah AH AHH AH etc). Sometimes these replicated the sounds and emotions of the weird lil guys before me, but sometimes they brought out a simplified inner reflection of what I was feeling.
honestly 50% of the time I was hoping someone would notice me sitting by the gibbon enclosure for half an hour, intently taking notes with a frown on my face like some kind of wannabee zookeper, only to notice i'm writing "ooh oooh ooh ah ah ah". that shit would change my brain chemistry viewing it as an outsider lol.
But the other 50% of the time I managed to feel a sense of peace while exploring emotions, something that I hadn't felt in a little while.
10/10, I would recommend to anyone whos a little stuck in their own head, or anyone who finds joy in gifting some weirdness into a strangers day.
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The other day I went to a coffee shop with the intention of reading my book but instead spent about two hours writing in my journal.
I’m not a great journaler. It’s the kind of relationship where I’ll pick it up when I’m going through something, be really consistent for a couple days, and then once I’m feeling lighter I won’t touch it for months.
I’m definitely not in the easiest season of life right now, but im not actively shittingscreamingcryingthrowingup about anything at the moment. For some reason though, despite my mentally “up” state of being, I was desperate to write down everything I’ve been thinking and feeling in the past couple weeks.
I honestly think it’s why the past couple days I haven’t posted anything on this app is because anything I would’ve mused about I already wrote in my journal lol. I even considered just taking a picture of the journal pages and posting them here but that felt too intimate? Maybe?
Feb 23, 2025
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keeping a low stakes, “i can write whatever i want”, just vibes ( 🌀🤔😁🌸💌) journal has been a life changer for me post-uni!
i collect lessons i’ve learnt, good advice from the internet, thoughts after consuming a podcast etc etc in that lil book and it helps me to learn & remember things continually
Jun 27, 2024
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My journal is very chaotic and has a lot of collages, sticker dumps, poems and quotes I like, along with more structured diary entries, but one of my favourite things to do in it is what I call free journaling. I’m sure this is not a new concept, I just haven’t looked into it at all. All you do is write anything and everything that comes to your mind even if that is “I don’t know what to write right now. I’m really bored.” It’ll start with that but as you write you start to tune in more to the things around you and how your body feels, and you might start describing what the room looks like, or what you did that day to lead you to this point, or some strange idea for a project, or how the pen feels in your hand.
I had a professor once say to start writing by just starting and making a word vomit page, then open a new document and completely rewrite it. I have taken that advice into my journaling and just done this word-vomit free journaling, then taken some keys ideas/ phrases and used them elsewhere, but also, you don’t have to ever look at it ever again. It gives you the chance to really let go, and let your brain warm up.
Jan 29, 2025
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This song stirred emotions in me I hadn't yet felt before, and it caused me to break up with my ex.
The live performance of this song also goes unfathomably hard, they bring the tiny singer on stage (presumably a younger sister of a band member) and she has a fucking blast.
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