Since my trip to Paris, I learned a great deal of making the most out of every single moment of the day. Sounds cliche, but it's true and I only recently experienced the saying in my own personal life. Being back home, I wanted to change something in my life as a way to prove to myself that I've changed and I am truly constantly growing. A way to keep track of my emotions and to not let me forget that feeling. That's where journaling comes in.

I journaled a little bit before. I wrote in my journal when I felt like it, or when something important happened, or when I was feeling down. It was a constant fluctuation of dates. Sometimes I would write for five days straight. Other times, I wouldn't write for a few months in between. I always had an excuse for not writing and I let myself succumb to that laziness of not writing everyday. That was just the nature of journaling for me before spring break of 2018.

Now, I do what I can to squeeze writing in my journal into my busy schedule. After coming back from Paris, I deeply regretted not writing in my journal as often as I could have. Every time I want to reminisce and somehow vividly remember the emotions and the awe that I was experiencing in Paris, I simply can't because I have none of my words written down to help me remember it. Now, it's not like I forgot everything that I felt and thought in Paris, and of course, I have photos taken in Paris, but as time goes on, memories are lost. It is quite a frustrating fact, for me at least.

That's why I try to write in my journal everyday now. I try to write about my feelings for the most part rather than the super tiny details of what happened that day. Putting my emotions down on paper becomes more of a therapeutic practice for me and along with exercise, keeps me sane in my stressful, busy schedule.

And every day may not seem eventful, but even the simple small things that happen in life will make all the difference 5, 10, 25 years from now. Looking back, you will be surprised of what you wrote or felt or experienced, because you will have forgotten the tiny details. Every time you read an old journal entry, you will and can relive the moments that you wrote down: the disappointment you felt when you didn't get that one job, the excitement you had when you traveled, the love you felt when you hung out with your friends. All of this can be made possible by simply taking a notebook and a pen and starting to write down what you feel and what you did that day. The simplest things can make the biggest difference.