Journal tag

• Thank whoever tagged you, then link to him/her and the creator (Melissa Gravitis). Thanks, Tori! You seem to find a lot of fun tags ;D 

• Go through your old journals (writing or otherwise), and share something from them: from world-building to sketches, to random quotes, to an entry, to short snippets of writing! And if you feel like it needs explaining, go for it!

• Tag at least five other bloggers.

• Feel free to use the header image!

• Have fun!

I love journaling. I mean I've done two posts about it so far (three counting this one). The Art of Journaling and Smile Every Day, Then Write Why. 

First, I have a lot of journals! I'm currently on #34. 

I'm going to share about my first journal, and the first three pages of it, since that won't be too embarrassing I hope. 

One of my aunts gave me this for my ninth birthday. I had never heard of a journal before and it felt weird at first, but I loved it! And I named all the cats on the front cover—Angel, Roxy, Tosa, Pretty, and Little. 

That word on line seven should be spelled Guatemala. My spelling was obviously atrocious bath then. I wish I could say it's much improved, but I'm afraid it's only a little better. 

If you notice the second entry is dated a year after the first and third entries. That's because I originally did all of this journal in pencil. But then I realized the pencil was fading, so I took ink and wrote over all the words. And when I did that empty space was somehow cleared, so I filled that empty space with more journal entries. Because space can never be wasted ;p 

I still have that locket that I mentioned in the first entry, though the original chain broke a long time ago. 

I tag Rakayle, Gray, Erudessa, Khadija, and Megan.

If you journal, how old were you when you started? Do you remember when you first heard of the world journal or diary?