journaling
journaling Lexical Profile
journaling Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The practice of regularly writing down one's personal thoughts, feelings, experiences, and reflections in a diary or notebook, often for self-expression or mindfulness.
"Many therapists recommend daily journaling as an effective way to process stress and clarify personal goals."
A file system technique in computing that logs pending changes to a dedicated journal before committing them to the main storage drive, preventing data corruption in the event of a system crash.
"Enabling journaling on the external hard drive helped protect our database from corruption during unexpected power outages."
• verb
To write down personal thoughts, reflections, or daily events in a diary or journal (present participle of journal).
"She spent twenty minutes journaling on the porch with her morning coffee before starting work."
Word Nuance & Usage
Spelled "journaling" in American English and often "journalling" in British and Commonwealth English.