Joy Journal

I was reading an article on dealing with stress and anxiety, and one of the things they recommended was keeping a joy journal. Their thought is that writing down small moments of delight will help put troubles in perspective. I found this super cute little reporter-style journal a few weeks ago while Christmas shopping, and couldn't resist buying it for myself (even though I have a ton of empty journals piled up around the house). It came with the words "Everything starts somewhere. Here's your somewhere". The two ideas seem too perfect for me to ignore. I started my joy journal yesterday with a nice make-me-smile Oreo moment. It's small and rugged enough to travel with me in my purse, so I shouldn't ever really find myself without it. I'm excited to be able to look back months from now, and smile at my happy moments =)