I’ve always had a difficult time working through my thoughts from simple things such as my daily schedule to my emotions about certain events. Most of the time I’m better organized when I put things on paper it makes it easier to sort through everything. Since 2017 I always kept a book that I could write in, I wouldn’t really label it as a diary or journal. Just my everything book. My mom knows that I like to write and sometimes sketch things, so one day after she came home from work she had bought me a book with lined pages I was so excited. I was determined to fill up the book with a whole bunch of stuff. It was better that me writing all over loose leaf or copy paper. Most people just put all their notes in their phone but for some reason it’s just always felt more authentic for me to just write things down. I do also have a lot of notes in my phone just in case I need something since I don’t carry my book around. I always feared that if I lost my phone everything would be gone that’s why I try to write things down as well. I would write anything in my book from due dates, to do lists , or even affirmations. When I feel like I have too much on my brain I head to my book and start writing things down. As I see everything laid out on paper things seem more manageable. I’m a person who doesn’t like clutter physically or mentally. When there’s clutter I often feel overwhelmed. My everything book is a good way to keep my life in order. It helped me out most a few years ago when I was transitioning from my senior year in highschool to college. I felt like I had so much to do and so many deadlines. I just took a breath and wrote everything out in my book. I was able to keep things in check without going insane. The most important thing my everything book helped me accomplish was getting all my stuff in order to make the transition from high school to college I feel as though that was my most stressful time period. I currently still have an everything book, but of course not the same one I started out with. Over time I have had about four books all of which I still have.