Juna Bobby MD, EdMFounder, MindBodySpace LLC · RELAX TO SOAR™️ Method Workshops • Mindbodyspace Podcast • NYU SOM M.D. • Harvard Ed.M. • Juilliard Resilience Faculty

A Humbling Truth About Journals

10 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker reflects that most people are not interested in reading one's personal journal, using a relatable example of a stepson who would find it boring. He advises that if you fear others might read your journal and cause harm, you should simply discard it—tear it up or throw it away—because the true value lies in the act of journaling itself, not in preserving the pages for later. The overall message is that privacy concerns can be addressed by destroying the journal, and the process of writing is what matters.

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most people aren't as interested in you as you are in yourself. Like, I cannot imagine my stepson wanting to go through my journal. Like, he would be so bored. It's— I feel like no one really cares. As much as I'd like to think everyone's dying to read my journal, I don't think anyone really cares. Okay, so number 1, just hang up. Number 2, if you're afraid people are gonna read it, just throw it out. Throw it out. Just do it and then deal with it later. So if it's something that you're like, if anyone saw this, this would ruin this relationship, rip it up, tear it up. I think it's— you don't really need it later. Like, it's, it's just the process of doing it that really matters.