During the past ~6 weeks, I& #39;ve adapted my paper #journaling to fit quarantine life as well as being sick with covid. I& #39;m glad I stuck with this habit because it has helped a ton with feeling grounded.

Here& #39;s a lil [thread] about the takeaways.

1. Hold no judgement.

Had a shit day? Jot it down. There& #39;s no shame in it. Had a great day? Jot it down to celebrate!

Being sick meant I had a few good days in between a lot of shit days. Journaling to me is a practice of being honest without defeatism or faking positivity.

2. Let it adapt to you

Some days I& #39;m in the headspace of divergent thinking. I& #39;ll jot down scattered reflections, doodle. Other days I& #39;m in https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤖" title="Robot face" aria-label="Emoji: Robot face">spreadsheet-mode, that& #39;s when I analyize, prioritize. Both are valuable. On days when I was too sick, I simply wrote one line. (see #1)

3. Let it remind you what& #39;s important

It& #39;s easy to get idealistic. Ppl journal but stop b/c they got guilty abt living up to it. That misses the point.

Journaling is an assistant, not my boss. On "off" days I look at it to remind me what I& #39;m proud of and what& #39;s important ahead.

If you also journal, I& #39;d love to chat about how you& #39;re doing. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💌" title="Love letter" aria-label="Emoji: Love letter">

I& #39;m thinking about hosting collective journaling sessions. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💭" title="Thought balloon" aria-label="Emoji: Thought balloon">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💬" title="Speech balloon" aria-label="Emoji: Speech balloon">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📝" title="Memo" aria-label="Emoji: Memo">