Let's take it back to 15 years ago when we swore our parents had no access to our little diaries that we endlessly scribbled our crush's name across most of the pages or when we went on rants about that time that one girl (you know who) took our seat in the school cafeteria. So rude.

Anyway, then we remember those times in late elementary school/early middle school where our teachers encouraged us to keep journals. They encouraged us to write about our day, our thoughts, our ideas, and memories, promising it will help our writing skills yet, we still thought of it as a mere waste of time.

Today, after many years of making up excuses as to why I should not journal, I am more obsessed with it than I ever thought I could be. Back in February of 2017, I found myself questioning life from different perspectives. Some questions even turned philosophical at times, not that I would call myself a philosopher or anything, but when I asked those questions out loud to my friends, they would remain at a loss for words because they've never heard that particular perspective before.

I also started experiencing a lot of strange coincidences going on in my life and felt the urge to start recording everything down on paper.

I took the initiative and bought myself a small little journal, one that would fit in my bag, something easy to travel around with and I got right to it. I started writing down all the random questions I had floating around in my head, questions I had no answers for, zero explanations.

I wrote down my thoughts on current events and brainstormed different point of views that could possibly be used as an explanation. I wrote down dreams I would have at night, my feelings. Sometimes I would write about my goals, the type of man I want to marry and other times I just doodled.

Over the course of the year, journaling became a part of my everyday lifestyle. It was something that took my mind off of every other responsibility I had to do. It also became one of the most interesting parts of my day because I started to notice things come full circle. Reading back at my earlier entries, I noticed connections between my thoughts, my questions, even my weird coincidences. It's been one of the craziest things to see how everything in my life, in this world, works and develops. Sometimes I'm left speechless.

With journaling, I started becoming more self-aware of not only myself but of my environment. It's also been an exciting way for me to look back at memories and all my experiences. Now, I always look forward to reading back at my entries to see how much my life has changed, my mindset, literally anything and everything that I have written down. The world has a mysterious way of working, and I kinda dig it.

Pick up your pen, grab yourself a notebook and start journaling. I can guarantee the things you'll learn will blow your mind.