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My work is very boring and I'm quite dissatisfied with it as it's pretty intellectually uninteresting to me and it's become pretty apparent it's a dead-end job whose only upside is doing some managerial nonsense of overlooking other people who are doing the same boring task. I've been looking for exits but haven't ran into one yet that I found that works.
However, this week I started journaling to have something creatively constructive and stimulating going on at work. I've always wanted to journal but I always felt like I've never had the time. One of the reasons why I started posting here again is because it feels like stream that's been undammed. There's been a lot I've kept bottled up the past few years and finally letting it out onto a page has been surprisingly therapeutic. I wrote a blog while in college and find it's pretty similar, but I can write a bit more personally as well or not be as focused on a topic and drift about. The pen and paper aspect of it is also nice as it gives me a break from looking at a screen.
I go back and forth with starting and stopping journaling, and I've always found it rewarding when I start up again, if only because it makes me record and reflect on little things I would forget about.
That's why I started doing it. I wouldn't say I don't think it's necessarily be super consistent, but it's helping me reflect on the day and take the time to organize and recognize thoughts.
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