I have kept journals since I was very young - probably 8 or 9 years old. It can be cathartic to write out your feelings, even things that anyone outside of your own head wouldn't understand.
I've stopped keeping them though. Now I just write in a journal until I fill up all the pages, and then I throw it away. It might be better that way. The things worth remembering, I will remember on my own. The rest is probably worth forgetting.
And sometimes you look back at your writing and it makes you cringe. You're like, I thought THIS was earth-shattering?! If my 12 year old self could see me now...
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