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Why You Should Write in a Journal Everyday

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at MMM chapter.

Journaling is thought of to be an activity that only little kids or older women partake in. I disagree. I think that once you can write, you should start writing in a journal. If you were to take five minutes to write down the events that happened to you during the day, at night before you go to sleep, you will have a lifetime collection of memories with you.

So many things will happen throughout life. Journaling is a way to help you have a physical way of looking back at your past. I used to struggle to get the motivation to continue writing in my journal nightly, but I recently realized that it is not difficult to do. Just use a few minutes that you typically spend scrolling through your social media outlets to journal.

You will be happy later on in life that you wrote down your memories, so that you can look back at them yourself, and will be able to retell your memories to your family and friends. I will always remember to write down every memory I see important. Journaling will allow for all of your memories to last a lifetime.

People, events, and object may come and go throughout your life, but memories will always be with you. So many things will happen to you throughout your lifetime, and it’s sometimes hard to remember what you’ve done. Whether a memory is good or bad, people usually like to remember them. In order to keep your memories with you, I always find it useful to write them down in a journal. This way even if your memory may be foggy, you can always look back in your journal to jog your memory.

 

I currently attend Marymount Manhattan College as a fourth-year senior where I am pursuing a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance with a double concentration in Choreography and Modern and a Bachelors of the Arts in Business with a concentration in Media & Arts Management. While at Marymount Manhattan College, I have choreographed new dance works for Dancers at Work and screenPLAY through the Dance Department. In my choreographic endeavors, I utilize an abstract, multidisciplinary method which reveals opportunities for further analysis, stimulates thought-provoking questions, and encourages societal change-making. I am interested in utilizing both my knowledge of Dance and Arts Management to create an interdisciplinary performance arts entity upon graduating from Marymount Manhattan College.