Do you ever feel like your mind is off, drifting in the clouds? Thoughts spinning, dispersing like smoke. They begin to form, only to dissipate back into the masses.

Taking up journaling has become a healthy tool to funnel such scattered thoughts. Forming concrete words aids to bring definition to a formless thought, sometimes with a successful transition to a resolution.

Whether I am analyzing the past, critiquing the present, or pondering the future, thoughts come and go, sometimes with an agenda unknown to myself. I find persistent thoughts akin to your Self giving you a message- one you may or may not be open to addressing. Nothing remains buried forever. It is healthier to acknowledge what is keeping your mind churning. You just might surprise yourself.

Journaling can be therapeutic. Creating concrete words from thoughts enforces and solidifies what you have been thinking about. Writing things down may correlate with accepting the truth behind such thoughts, since written words may be viewed as a form of documented acknowledgment of the topic. If you feel that you are not able to let loose to someone, try opening up to something… a journal, a blog, a note jar, whatever suits your fancy.

Be comfortable with yourself, and take care to nurture and heal both your body and your mind.