journal

Hey, people! How are you?

Do you cultivate the habit of keeping a diary? (Whether it’s a journal, scrapbook, or other variations that exist.) I have a journal where I make collages, a photo album, and also a diary where I actually write. I started cultivating this habit in December 2024. Since I didn’t know if I would like it, I started my first journal in a sketchbook that I had never used — and I liked it A LOT. For me, it’s something really amazing, because it keeps me off my phone and makes me more creative. It’s always very rewarding to see a page finished and realize that you made that.

I finished my journal at the end of 2025 and realized how good it was to have cultivated this habit, because whenever I stop to look at it, I think: my God, did I really live through all of this? And I get kind of thoughtful, you know? In the future, when I have children, they’ll read all of this.

A few days ago, my sister started organizing her room and found some little letters she received around 2012/2013. And I was like: MY GOD, this is so old. The letters had the date, the time, what the weather was like, and things like that. That’s when I realized how important it is to record the present, because soon it becomes a memory. But if memories aren’t recorded through letters, photos, and things like that, we might forget them. I know this may sound a bit exaggerated, but I’m a very nostalgic person, so the idea of not remembering the past weighs on me.

I watched a video by a diva who is a psychologist (Vivi Ribeiro: https://youtu.be/7EjNepUBpgQ?si=Qr_8EZ3OVhOApRMt), and in it she explains how beneficial it is to cultivate this habit. A diary can help us mentally, physically, and even improve our sleep (all scientifically proven). Writing in a diary can be a way to clear your mind and organize everything you’re feeling.

So today’s tip is: START A DIARY!
Do it your way, but start. Whether it’s writing, making collages, recording a video or an audio, drawing… whatever makes you feel most comfortable. It doesn’t need to be pretty — just be honest. Only you will see it.

So that’s it, loves.
Kisses, kissesss 💋

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