JRNL Stories

Journal writing can improve your life

Keeping a diary or journaling is a great way to stay organized and focused, and it’s something that can benefit people of all ages, from teenagers dealing with the first stirrings of love to world leaders. No matter what your age, or what you write about, journaling can be an…

Change is coming…

New Web App. New Mobile Apps for iOS and Android… Yes, Android! And so much more… Stay tuned!

A Writer’s Advice on Recording Family Memoirs

If you’ve been looking for some advice on how to start a family journal, then this is the article for you! This week’s post is on writing family memoirs by guest blogger J. Price Brown. Create your own family memoirs, a keepsake journal to treasure for years with your life history…

10 of the Best Tweets on Why People Journal

We all have a reason why we write. You’re probably aware of the many benefits of writing in a journal; perhaps one of those advantages encouraged you to start one. Here are a few tweets that indicate why others got started and what helped them keep going. Which reason resonates…

The Value of Journaling and Keeping Several Journals

This post is written by guest blogger Rachael Mollison-Read. She’s a Canadian writer; born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. Check out her website at rsmollisonread.com or follow her on Twitter at @rsmollisonread. For a long time, I did not keep a journal. Oh, I would start them often, write for a few…

7 Things I Learned From My Grandfather’s Civil War Journal

Meet my great, great, great grandfather Axel Hayford Reed. On August 5, 1861 he enlisted as a private in Co. K, Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry and fought in “the war of the great rebellion” as he termed it. The history books show that he was placed under arrest, lost his right…

How the Loss of a Loved One Guided Me in My Journaling

Every person who journals, has their own reasons for how and why they keep their journal the way they do. To be honest, I didn’t start keeping a traditional journal until I started working for JRNL.com. I journaled in other, more non-traditional, ways: Facebook, writing a column for my father’s…