Health Benefits of Keeping a Journal

Thirty-four years ago, on December 26, 1988, I wrote my first journal entry. It was a small brown journal that I got for Christmas. My handwriting is rough, as well as my spelling skills.

My first journal entry

Since I was eight years old, I have kept a journal. I wish I could say it’s been consistent. There are certainly gaps of several years where I haven’t written anything. But off and on, and especially during important periods of my life, I have made an effort to journal. For the past ten years or so, I’ve graduated from a paper jour…