I’ve never been the sort of person who keeps a diary. There was that fluffy padlocked notebook in my tweens, but I only ever occasionally remembered its existence. If I could find it now in the ruins ...

No matter your writing style or neatness of your handwriting–getting thoughts on paper clears the mind and settles the spirit.

Writer Suleika Jaouad has been keeping a journal for as long as she could hold a pen. It got her through her battle with leukemia at age 22, life after treatment and then the pandemic. But at a ...

Still looking for a New Year’s resolution for self-improvement? Consider keeping a journal, which studies have shown might help with one’s mental well-being and anxiety issues while also providing a ...

My first journal lasted eleven days. It was a beautiful hardcover thing I bought specifically because I thought it would make me want to write in it. It did not. I wrote about my feelings for a week ...

As a practice of self-reflection, keeping a dream journal has many advantages. It is fairly simple and essentially free, always available, always personalized to you and your life situation, and ...

A long-term series of dreams can be an amazing resource for gaining psychological insights into your waking life. However, for people who track their dreams in a handwritten journal or through an ...

People have been keeping personal diaries for several millenniums, but free smartphone apps now let you capture much more than words. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer, the Tech Tip columnist, has ...