Journaling can help you deal with stress and anxiety, while also documenting life during the coronavirus pandemic.
,” Columbia University journalism professor Ari L. Goldman notes that chronicling this time on social media isn’t the same as keeping a journal.. “You deserve a record. Write it down so you will remember how you got used to this — and how you got through this.”
“We all want to know that our lives matter, that our lived and shared experiences have meaning,” Dahlen deVos said. “Documenting this moment in history may help us find and create meaning in the fear, grief and overwhelm we might currently be experiencing, and offer a bit of soothing by contextualizing this moment in time in the greater arc of our lives and histories.”Advice on how to start a journaling practice — and keep it going.
“While I love a good $30 Moleskin, I’ve noticed I am more afraid to write something ‘bad’ if I invested in a fancy notebook,” she said.With this type of journaling, “you try to write whatever is on your mind even if it doesn’t make sense,” Donelson said.“This writing isn’t meant to be ‘good’ writing,” Donelson said. “You don’t even have to re-read it if you don’t want to! The point is to just get whatever is in your head out onto the page. I suggest starting with five or 10 minutes a day.
“I’m a morning person, so journaling first thing in the morning works really well for me,” Donelson said.You don’t need to impress anyone with your writing — not even yourself.
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