The Importance of Keeping a Journal

Just catching you up. :) This is something I wrote for my other blog, So Write.

Hello! I hAve been keeping a journal. With things the way they are here(crazy), it's inspired me to write about what's happening in my life. So later on, I can look back at the journal and say, "Wow. That was quite an eventful time. I would have forgotten parts of how I felt then, if I hadn't written the journal." Plus, journalism, as far as I've heard, is the best way to practice writing-no matter what subject your writing is.
So, this post is about the importance of keeping a journal. That has two meanings. 1) Write about the events in your life, no matter how unimportant they seem. They will be important later, while you are reading through your journals, trying to remember bits of your past. Not everything will be extremely important, but everything is worth writing about. And 2)It's really, really, really important to keep a journal. Keep every bit of paper that you wrote on. It's not being a pack rat. It's being a memory keeper. I'm only 13, and I already regret recycling some of my old journals. Because now I don't remember everything I did when I was 9. What I did at sleep overs, how I felt about arguments I was in, and many other things. It helps so much to keep your journals for many reasons. To remember your life, and also, learning new ways of writing and remembering the old ways of writing.
I now keep every journal I fill up. Because someday I am going to look through them and I am going to appreciate what I did and how I felt even more. Plus, not only is it good practice to write about your life, but it is also a ton of fun.
Happy writing!!