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I have always loved journaling.

When I look back on old journals and diaries, though, I feel frustrated. I filled all these blank pages with how I spent my days and what the weather was like. I described my external events; I didn't describe *me*.

That's the hard thing about journaling. We don't really express who we are inside or what we're passionate about at a certain point in our lives. We get distracted by the day-to-day and neglect the most fascinating part of us - our internal selves.

I started rethinking my approach to journaling and began designing what I thought would be the perfect way to capture *me*. That way, I could look back and remember who I was and what I craved and believed.

Then I started thinking that maybe this is something other people could use, too. One day, we could all whip out old journals and say, "This is who I was, not just what I was doing. It was *me*."

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All quotes and poems are my own. I follow a theme of "she" instead of "me" and "I" because it's so much easier to begin writing about ourselves and thinking about ourselves when the attention isn't actually on us. Imagine standing on a stage in front of a huge crowd. Doesn't it sound far more comfortable to describe someone other than "me" and "I"?

Journals and related products in this shop give you ideas to reflect on along with plenty of blank writing space. Different books contain different sets of quotations and writing prompts.

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And thank you for your continued support of Making This Home. Happy writing!