Conquer Your Journal Anxiety

[@ChristyJackson-q9f]

I recently reorganized my journal collection. I limited myself to a small box and purged all my old school journals from undergrad and MBA program. Now I just have the ones I love and use! Thanks so much for the encouragement I needed with my journals.

[@elopez1221]

I love journals and now that I retired I use it more to keep track of my “projects”

[@tinajanis2124]

Love this podcast. I too have journal anxiety. I would start and stop a journal, start a new one, and felt very disorganized. I will try again. Thanks for your tips!

[@TheReadWellPodcast]

Thanks for listening!

[@platonicmetal]

People give me journals…and I’m afraid to use them, pretty much for the reasons you note. I have a hiking journal that is set up very nicely for the purpose, but I can’t decide how to use it.

[@TheReadWellPodcast]

Yep, that’s a common feeling. Hopefully the video helped a little.

[@anniehaynes6564]

Over the years, I have tried many different journals and systems to track my reading. I have purchased some designed and published to track reading and review books. The method that worked best for me was one I used during my 25 years as a librarian in charge of children's programming. I just used a cute spiral notebook where I recorded each children and young adult book that I read with a synopsis / review and age/interest range. I still have these, and I enjoy going back and reading them. Going forward I am planning to do a similar notebook for all my reading. Your tips and recommendations are very helpful, especially not to let it be too "precious". Thanks.

[@denamohammad698]

Thank you for reassuring me that I'm not the only "journal weirdo" in the world.

[@TheReadWellPodcast]

Ha! That made my day. We are all journal weirdos. Happy writing.