I love to journal. I started one on the day my husband and I broke up. I wrote almost daily for a few years. And I also liked to go back and read how I was feeling "on that day" in my past. It was very eye opening. I do not check back on it much anymore, because I am out of that phase of my life ( Thank God) and reading about the struggle brings back emotions I would rather not feel. BUT while I was in the process it really was a wonderful tool. I agree that it should be something everyone try at some point.