Please Note: This is a Thought From My Journal™️, which is an actual entry from my journal. It is lifted as-is from my journal without any edits, except when a sensitive detail needs to be removed or changed. This means there will be grammar, spelling and punctuation mistakes. (Because who worries about that in their journal?)

I tend to not spell out the words because and with. The shorthand I use is b/c = because and w/ = with. I might swear (especially when impassioned) and I tend to put words in all caps for emphasis. Oh and I can write in run-on sentences. (Because again, no one is worrying about this in their journal.)

Also, I don't always write in full sentences in my journal. I sometimes think better in poetry format, so you might also see a free-verse style poem as my thought.

Entries are in no particular order and will vary wildly in length. The date of the published thought does not correlate with the date of the journal entry. (There, of course, might be exceptions to this rule). There are quite a few older entries, from the past few months to the past 2 years and sometimes all the way up to 5 years ago.

The thought will be written as a quote for formatting, but again it is from my actual journal. Not all of the entries are happy in case you were starting to think I was perfect. (Spoiler Alert: I'm not. I struggle and some of these entries show my Struggles and various emotions).

This particular entry is in a free-verse poetry style format. I wrote this several years ago.

This one is ironic. I am talking about how I don't like to journal because then anyone can potentially read the entry (which is true), and then several years later, here I am publishing my journal entries on the internet for the whole world to read.

Journal, Even at the Risk of it Being Read

I used to never write

in a journal

Or write down my

thoughts

Once they are written

down

There is now a record

of them

They can be discovered

and read

by potentially anyone

That's terrifying

My deepest

darkest secrets

being known

And although

they could

still be read

I write down my

thoughts

feelings

truths

musings

and what

I'm thinking-out-loud

Writing something on

paper or just

making the thought

tumble down from

your brain

Get you out

of your own head

Helps you see a new

perspective

You don't lie

to yourself as

much on paper