Mostly I write, but sometimes I doodle, and lately I’ve been doodling almost daily.

In this Q&A, Mark Ragland explains how his practice helps him slow down, spend less time on his phone, and live a more intentional life—and offers a few tips for starting your own pocket notebook practice.

If the stories I’ve been holding on to aren’t as true as they’ve felt, maybe there are other, truer stories I could be telling myself instead.

There are so many ways to journal. There’s only one way to find the right way.

Writing requires me to think, something I can’t do when my brain is a pile of mashed potatoes. But doodling can and does happen even when my brain is out of commission.

I’ve noticed that the more I step toward my authentic self, the more aware I feel of the gaps where I’m not being who I want to be or doing what I want to do. Here’s what I’m doing about that.

My friend Luke and I had a great conversation about writing and journaling for his new podcast, The Black Sheep Podcast.

I start almost all my journal entries the same way. Today, I wanted to give you a few examples of what this process looks like in practice (and explain why it’s helpful for me).

painter-poet-creative chaos goblin pixie shares how her journaling helps her stretch and expand.

There was a time when I couldn’t look at a blank page without feeling like I was looking down from the top of a roller coaster. Now, I write in my journal with reckless abandon.

In this Q&A, Adrianna shares more about her journaling practice plus practical advice and other prompts you can use to write through the hard times with less self-criticism and more care.

Journaling doesn’t have to be one set thing. It can be whatever you need it to be.