My Journey of Life Student’s Name: Yahya Alani Instructor’s Name: Caroline Prieto Course Name: ENGWR300/94 Course Number: #12030 Date: 13

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My Journey of Life Student’s Name: Yahya Alani Instructor’s Name: Caroline Prieto Course Name: ENGWR300/94 Course Number: #12030 Date: 13.9.2021 2 My Journey of life Literacy for me is not a destination but a journey that began ever since I started dealing with depression four years ago. It started when I was young, but my ability to reflect on what I was writing only started at this low moment. Before this, I only wrote to complete my assignments, and assignments are characterized with strictness and are often obligatory, which only made me hate writing. I would never write anything outside the assignments since I already had a negative view of writing. However, all these changed when I started struggling to verbally express my feelings, especially after losing one of my close friends, which predisposed me to depression. This was when I discovered the art of journaling. This essay will discuss my experience with journaling as my most significant literacy experience. I was not making much progress with my journaling, so my therapist and parents persuaded me to join an online journaling platform. Writing has never been my cup of tea; this is probably why the personal journaling strategy was not very effective for me. When I started journaling, I could not find the right ideas or even write about them. So this new way of writing I was learning was inconveniencing me.”Writing my assignments was already a cumbersome task, so how could they expect me to do a more uphill task? “I felt that they were forcing me to write in the name of improving my life. What troubled me was that the effort I was putting in writing my journal was insufficient for them. The therapist always insisted that I was doing it wrongly, but I could not understand since those were my opinions; how could they be wrong when I felt even though I have to admit that at times I would just come up with my imaginary feelings. My writing issues changed when I decided to speak to my literature instructor, who helped develop effective ways of journaling. I also picked up a few ideas from other group members on the platform, and with the help of the internet, I soon became very fluent in my 3 journaling. I even started looking forward to journaling my daily experiences. I realized that the purpose of journaling was to ensure that I gained interpersonal skills and coping skills by gaining a positive insight into my experiences (Stanley, 2019). I realized that the key to writing was to be open-minded and optimistic about the text. I hence did not have to worry about my grammar, especially when I was writing my journal, but on the online platform, I had to ensure that my journal was grammatically correct. Gender stereotypes that dictate the role of men and women by promoting gender bias narratives are one of the significant issues that have arisen from learning this new way of writing(Seidler et al.,2018). I feel like this was also a substantial obstacle to me when I began journaling. I could not express my genuine feelings for fear that one of my friends would run into my journals and ridicule me. Journaling has helped me become a better person, but I have not informed most friends about this new experience since I do not want them to judge me. Spoken language has to be effective for many people seeking therapeutic help for their mental health issues, but the written language has been the key to my breakthrough (Colori, 2018). The obstacle I experienced in learning to the journal was lacking time to write mainly because of procrastination, but I have overcome it by freewriting. I try not to overthink my feelings since this process can be overwhelming, especially when my day is extremely challenging. My parents have to be my mentors in my journaling process. They always encouraged me to keep on expressing my feelings through writing. My literature instructor has also been very supportive by constantly checking on my progress. There were times when I had to present some samples of my journal to my literature instructor to assess my progress. That is why my writing skills have improved tremendously in the past four years. I value these people for pushing me to overcome my fears and even benefit from that dark moment of my life. 4 Social factors are the ones that mainly impacted my literacy development. This is because there is a stigma around mental health issues. At first, I did not want to accept that I struggled with depression since I always believed I had a strong personality. I also did not want my parents to be worried about me, but now as I look back, I am grateful that I went through this process. In conclusion, I feel that journaling has helped me become a better writer. I have developed a positive attitude to writing .It has also allowed me to communicate and build good relationships with people effectively, and I can now live and hope for better days. 5 References Colori, S. (2018). Journaling as Therapy. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 44(2), 226-228. Seidler, Z. E., Rice, S. M., River, J., Oliffe, J. L., & Dhillon, H. M. (2018). Men’s mental health services: The case for a masculinities model. The Journal of Men’s Studies, 26(1), 92-104. Stanley, A. H. (2019). Various Journaling Behaviors Related to Self-Reported Mental Health Rating. Initial Forays into Psychological Science, 9.