Journal

“Why do you keep a journal?” a friend asks. “Is it because you don’t have a partner?”

She went on to explain that she tells her partner most things so has no need to write anything down. I found this fascinating and puzzling. There are so many reasons I keep a journal and not one of them has to do with my relationship status. Here is an incomplete list:

• I journal for pleasure

• I journal because I love to write

• I journal to explore feelings and ideas

• I journal to practice self-care

• I journal to appreciate and know the cycles of a year

• I journal to express my place in this world

• I journal to remember and embody my life

The relationship we have with ourself is the primary one - everything flows from that.