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The Truth About Keeping a Personal Journal

Sometimes to see how far you have come, you need to see where you have been. More than that, you need to evoke at least some of the feelings of moments lived when reviewing them later on in a journal. Keeping a journal helps to mark moments of progress as well as regression. A journal also helps you recognize patterns that lead to successes and failures. However, recording memories in a journal needs to be more than just a list of facts. Your life is a complicated tapestry of colors and textures, and how it really looks is only revealed when you can see every thread in its weave. Here are some tips for keeping an honest journal of your life.