Journaling & The Mountain Path
Some journeys aren’t made of big moments.
They’re made of steady ones.
The mountain path is the long middle — the part where nothing dramatic seems to happen, yet everything is slowly changing. It’s the stretch where effort matters more than excitement, and where progress is measured in small steps rather than big wins.
This is often where people feel like giving up.
Not because the path is impossible, but because it can feel quiet, repetitive, or slow. There are days when journaling feels easy and days when it feels pointless. Days when the page fills quickly, and days when nothing seems worth writing down.
That doesn’t mean you’ve lost your way.
It means you’re walking the part of the journey that asks for patience.
The mountain path teaches endurance. It shows you how to stay with something even when there’s no clear reward yet. When you journal during these times — even briefly — you’re practising staying present with your life as it is, not just as you wish it were.
Some days, staying with it looks like writing a single sentence.
Some days, it’s opening the notebook and closing it again.
Some days, it’s choosing not to write — and noticing why.
All of this belongs.
Growth doesn’t always feel like progress. Often, it feels like repetition, effort, or uncertainty. But when you look back later, you realise that these were the moments that shaped you most — the times you kept going without needing applause or proof.
Journaling on the mountain path isn’t about pushing through.
It’s about staying connected.
It reminds you that you don’t need to rush toward the next stage of your life. You’re allowed to be where you are. You’re allowed to move slowly. You’re allowed to take breaks and begin again.
The path doesn’t disappear because you pause.
It waits.
And every small step you take — even the quiet ones — is part of the climb.
You’re welcome here with a notebook and pen, an open mind, and whatever feels ready to be explored.
— Hannah
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Where in your life does it feel like you’re in the long middle right now? Write or draw what that part feels like.
On days when things feel slow or difficult, what helps you stay with it — even just a little?
