Since 2014 I have written what happened in my day. Every day. The idea came from a post I read months before that suggested you write down every good that happened to you, put it in a jar and at the end of the year look back at all the good things that happened to you during that year. It was something I was interested in, but never actually did.
I started writing a diary when my time at school ended and with that a large chapter of my life had also ended. Even though I didn't love every day at school, I realised the environment, the routine and the people I saw every day were no longer going to be the same again. This really upset me as I do struggle to let go of things, but what hurt the most was the fact that I knew I was going to forget the really great and unique memories I had made at school and I couldn't ever relive them. That day I got out a diary I got for Christmas which I had never written in and just listed everything significant that happened to me that day. It was quite a relieving feeling when I did that because it felt as though I had the ability to go back in time whenever I wanted and feel the way I felt that day and not forget the little things which were so important to me at the time.
It's now nearly been 3 years and writing down the events of the day no matter how exciting or mundane has become part of my night time ritual. After writing, I look back at the same day from the year before, relive and laugh at the memories and reflect on how much has changed in a year. For me journalling has made me excited about the upcoming days because you really never know what's going to happen.
Life really is a weird and wonderful story and last night I was writing (like usual) and I questioned how long I was going to be writing and how many diaries I would eventually accumulate. Then today I thought I have written nearly 1000 pages and it's just going in a book that's not going to be shared with anyone, so I thought I'd now share it. Every day I want to write what happens and maybe you could compare it to your day, laugh at things that happen to me and get an insight of another person's life. I plan to add more detail as anyone reading will need some sort of context, but I'm looking forward to it.
Maybe no one will be interested, but as I'm writing it down anyway what's the harm of just writing it again?