I am quite the talker. So when I moved to switzerland, where my communication was limited, and I found myself alone a lot I used journaling as a way of talking. Just writing train of thought, a lot of time irrelevant to what actually went on in mylife that day. I just wrote what I wa thinking. I found also that now that I am home, and do a lot of talknig with my family and friends, I write in my journal a lot less, because I have a lot less to vent. I feel kind of bad that I can’t express my thoughts on paper if was able to express them verbally that day, but I am trying to just get in the habit of writing more and talknig less.