This week’s addict blogs at Crawford Writing Blog. She emailed me a link to her post about what’s she learned from journaling, which included the photo below of some of her collection. It must only show a very small fraction if she’s on journal #98!

“I’ve been keeping a journal since I learned how to write. I’ve been numbering my journals since I was 12, and I’m currently in the middle of journal #98. I’ve written in classy Moleskine journals, gothic faerie journals from Hot Topic, ordinary spiral notebooks that I’ve pasted pictures of my best friends and favorite movies or bands on, handmade journals my artist friends have made for me, and everything in between. I write everything down: my thoughts, feelings, hopes, aspirations, dreams, fears. I document inside jokes and the details of my life that I might otherwise forget. I use it to work out how I feel, to process my thoughts when I have a big decision to make, or to focus on the positive aspects of life with gratitude lists.”

Read more for some great thoughts on journaling at  What I’ve Learned from Keeping a Journal | Crawford Writing Blog