I’ve tried. I want to be a journaler so bad, but I can’t keep it up at all. I either get bored or I get too detailed and it takes too long to write down one entry, so I stopped trying.

I was better at bullet journaling, but only slightly.

I quasi-journal at work, just to remember what I’ve done and why I did it. I do so using markdown files.

I’ve journaled before, but more of a snapshot fashion (once a month or so). Doing this made me realize that I’m never in a good headspace when I feel like journaling, and now I use the urge to journal as a canary to get help.

Point is, journaling might help beyond just getting your feelings out. Twas the case for me.

I started a free writing journal to help generate ideas and learn to get a little more creative. It’s basically just a regular journal at this point, I just write in it whenever I have a thought that I feel I should keep. It’s been invaluable for coping with mental health stuff too. I don’t think I’ll ever stop, it’s not something I have to force myself to do any more.

It’s nice to sit down and just write about your week, like talking to an old friend/family member about what’s new. You never know what comes out. I use an old Kindle Scribe that I don’t do anything else with. It sounds like you have privacy concerns?

I have tried journaling numerous times, particularly for mental health reasons as it is supposed to be helpful, and it has never worked for me as something helpful to do. It just makes me ruminate even more.

I kept a Livejournal for many years. I closed it when the Russian government basically took it over for propaganda, but mirrored it to Dreamdwidth. It’s hard to read in places, but it’s helped me a lot regarding ending my relationship and why I’m not crazy.

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I don’t keep a journal per say. I occasionally write depressing poetry or just things I think sound cool that I come up with. I write things in a .txt file.

As an over 30 gay woman, I’m in a similar spot. I journaled just a bit when I was younger, but I was really struggling with life and everything.

I think it would be a good outlet for me now, but I don’t want to do full pages because I think that would end up just swirling the depressing things all around. I’ve been looking into little guided journals with short daily topics.

I had really good success doing a daily page of A5, few months ago tried to upgrade to doing art least 1 page of A4 per day. I’ve slightly fallen off the habit.