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How journaling can improve self-awareness

Keeping a diary can help us chronicle moments in time and place, including everyday events and emotions. Some use it as a tool to bring us closer to our true selves.

Twenty-four-year-old Mycah Hazel has been keeping a journal since she was 11, writing multiple entries a week. She has our story.

This story comes to us from WHYY’s The Pulse.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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