Does journaling actually help clear your mind?

Why so many of us (me included) are leaning into writing by hand again.

I used to find it incredibly annoying when people recommended journaling to me. I don’t know, it just sounded a bit trite and something that seemed a little too easy. A bit childish perhaps. Have you tried writing down your thoughts with a pen and paper? Maybe it was some inner British cynicism. But once I pushed past those defensive feelings and starte…