Journaling to Ease Stress

Journaling is a good way to channel stress positively.  Sometimes it is hard to express your feelings or there may be a time that it is inappropriate to express them openly.  When this is the case, writing down your feelings can be just as beneficial as openly expressing them.  Once your feelings are out, you feel so much better.  I don't journal as often as I should; but when I do, I feel so much better for it.  Sometimes I can sit for hours and lose myself to journaling.  If you feel anger at someone or some situation and then write about it, you may feel less angry or maybe do not feel angry at all anymore.  Sometimes journaling will give you a different perspective or you can see things more clearly.  At times poetry or a story can come from journaling.  Journaling can unleash a lot of creativity that you never knew you had.  It is as easy as keeping a pen and tablet handy.  Journaling can be done in the morning when you first get up or at night prior to bed time.  It is something you can do anytime, and it is better than being stuck wallowing in negative feelings where stress abides.