Journaling

Getting your thoughts and feelings out on paper (creatively or just jotting down random words) helps release emotions that would otherwise build up and cause unwanted symptoms, such as a herpes outbreak. This is why keeping a remedy journal can help ease stress.
 
There are various ways to journal what matters to you (natural remedies, recipes, prayers, memories, photographs, sketches or paintings, thoughts, and written feelings). Some journals are passed down from generation to generation, while others are not.
 
The following information can help you identify the type of journal you'd like to create. Why is this important? Because beginning one kind of journal and then deciding halfway through you should have planned differently will cost you a lot of extra time, money, and energy in the transference. 

Journals, Diaries & Scrapbooks

Journals

 

You can use a journal to track your wellness goals or any other SMART goals you've set for yourself. Your journal might contain written recipes, remedies, positive affirmations, things you are grateful for, favorite verses, quotes, or prayers to refer back to year after year. You can write anything you like in a journal. There are no limitations. You can share your journal or not. It's up to you. You can purchase some beautiful journals at craft stores, book stores, and metaphysical shops.

 

 

Diaries

 

If you just want to scribble down your thoughts, feelings, or dreams from time to time, you might lean more toward a diary. Diaries are private, for your eyes only, and rarely shared (but they can be), which is why so many diaries come with a lock and key.

 

 

Scrapbooks

 

A scrapbook is best for creative projects, such as pasting dried herbs and flowers and framing favorite recipes. You can also use it to keep photographs, cards, and letters. As far as creativity goes, the sky's the limit.

 

Here are some page ideas, regardless of which kind of journal you choose.

 

  • Your name
  • Prayers
  • Positive affirmations
  • Remedy notes
  • Favorite recipes
  • Pictures
  • Cards (post, birthday, holiday) and letters (mail)
  • Drawings
  • Dried flowers or leaves

 

Visit a hobby store's scrapbook section to see what piques your interest. Enjoy!