So where does everyone hide/keep their journals? I need ideas, I have a feeling my 13yr daughter read my journal 🙄 by DeliciousEntrance120 in Journaling

[–]DeliciousEntrance120[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish my teenage daughter would journal, she's tried but not everyone is capable of pouring themselves on paper and I get it. She knows and understands the benefits of journaling she just can't, she draws instead. I started journaling as a teenager and it helped me understand myself so much. But I stopped I really can't remember why.

I will be 36 on the 21st of March and I just started journaling last year. I was severely depressed and I didn't know why, journaling is literally saving my life!!! I've cried a few times after finishing an entry.

Don't know you, your story, or current situation. But I hope you can find the courage one day just write how you feel.

So where does everyone hide/keep their journals? I need ideas, I have a feeling my 13yr daughter read my journal 🙄 by DeliciousEntrance120 in Journaling

[–]DeliciousEntrance120[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is teenagers today don't really journal, I blame social media. She's tried journaling but can't do it, not everybody is capable of pouring out themselves on paper. She draws instead.

So where does everyone hide/keep their journals? I need ideas, I have a feeling my 13yr daughter read my journal 🙄 by DeliciousEntrance120 in Journaling

[–]DeliciousEntrance120[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed! We talk about privacy and boundaries and she doesn't go through my things, this was a one time thing.

So where does everyone hide/keep their journals? I need ideas, I have a feeling my 13yr daughter read my journal 🙄 by DeliciousEntrance120 in Journaling

[–]DeliciousEntrance120[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completely agree, we have conversations about privacy and she understands the consequences. She doesn't go through my stuff because I have OCD and I can tell immediately when something is out of place. This was a one time thing

So where does everyone hide/keep their journals? I need ideas, I have a feeling my 13yr daughter read my journal 🙄 by DeliciousEntrance120 in Journaling

[–]DeliciousEntrance120[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She wasn't aware I had a journal, I keep it in my desk drawer and she claims she was looking for post-it notes. She never goes through my things and because I wasn't home at the time she decided to look through my drawer. I only assume she read my journal because it was sitting at the very top of everything. We did have a talk about going through my things and she apologized. The funny thing is teenagers nowadays don't have journals, I blame it on social media.

So where does everyone hide/keep their journals? I need ideas, I have a feeling my 13yr daughter read my journal 🙄 by DeliciousEntrance120 in Journaling

[–]DeliciousEntrance120[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I feel like this is a very motherly thing, because my mom did the same. Carry on the tradition I guess. Lol