What's So Great About Journaling?

I've had a diary or a journal whatever you want to call it. It consistently since the age of 12 so it is very interesting to go back and read about those like emotions and conversations and worries that I had at the time. That's another reason why journaling I think is so great. If you're writing about the good things probably better than the bad things. So something else I was just quickly thinking about with like romanticizing our past I think it's just something that everyone does. And I don't know if you saw the trend where everyone was like reflecting on summer 2016 everyone's like that was the best summer ever. Have you seen that? Oh I haven't seen this