I enjoy writing in a journal. I don’t do it every day like I used to, but I do it frequently when going through emotionally intense periods of life. This seems to be a healthy balance for me–use the skill when it is most useful.

This started me thinking–is journaling also beneficial for those near us? For example, does listing out or even working through feelings in a journal also help us to take things less personally, perhaps? Or to be able to hear someone out without needing to interject our story?

(Ostensibly, because we’ve already had a chance to “write our story down” somewhere, almost like we are hearing ourselves out?)