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100 Words Every Journal Keeper Should Know

May 26, 2026

100 Words Every Journal Keeper Should Know

No. Item Definition
1. acceptance willing acknowledgment of reality
2. anxiety worry or nervousness
3. attitude a settled way of thinking
4. awareness knowledge of what is happening
5. balance a stable healthy proportion
6. beginning the start of something
7. belief something accepted as true
8. boundary a personal limit
9. calm a peaceful state
10. challenge a difficult task or problem
11. change becoming different
12. chapter a distinct period of life
13. clarity clearness of thought
14. confusion lack of understanding
15. connection a meaningful relationship or link
16. curiosity a desire to know
17. date the day of writing
18. decision a settled choice
19. diary a daily personal record
20. distraction something that pulls attention away
21. doubt uncertainty or disbelief
22. dream a sleeping vision or wish
23. ending the close of something
24. energy physical or mental vitality
25. entry a dated piece of writing
26. evening the later part of day
27. event something that happened
28. experience something lived through
29. family one’s closest relatives
30. fear an unpleasant anxious feeling
31. feeling an emotional state
32. focus centered attention
33. forgiveness letting go of resentment
34. friendship a close friendly bond
35. goal something aimed for
36. gratitude thankfulness for something
37. grief deep sorrow after loss
38. growth development or improvement
39. guilt feeling responsible for wrong
40. habit a regular repeated behavior
41. heaviness a burdened emotional feeling
42. home the place where one lives
43. honesty truthfulness and sincerity
44. hope a feeling of expectation
45. identity who a person is
46. insight a clear understanding
47. intention a planned purpose
48. journal a personal record book
49. journey travel or personal progress
50. joy great happiness
51. lesson something learned from experience
52. lightness a feeling of ease
53. list a series of written items
54. loss the experience of losing
55. love deep affection or care
56. meaning importance or significance
57. memory something remembered from before
58. milestone an important stage or event
59. mindfulness present focused awareness
60. mindset a habitual way of thinking
61. moment a brief point in time
62. mood a temporary emotional state
63. morning the early part of day
64. note a brief written record
65. notebook a book for notes
66. observation something noticed carefully
67. patience calm endurance over time
68. pause a brief stop
69. perspective a particular point of view
70. presence full attention to the moment
71. pride satisfaction in oneself
72. progress forward movement or improvement
73. purpose the reason for doing something
74. question something asked or considered
75. quote someone else’s exact words
76. reflection serious thought about experiences
77. regret sadness about the past
78. relationship a bond between people
79. relief ease after worry
80. resilience ability to recover quickly
81. routine a usual way of doing things
82. secret something kept hidden
83. setback a reversal or delay
84. shame painful embarrassment or guilt
85. silence absence of sound
86. solitude being alone by choice
87. sorrow deep sadness
88. space room to think or feel
89. stress mental or emotional strain
90. tension mental or physical strain
91. thought an idea in the mind
92. transition a change from one state
93. trigger something that causes a reaction
94. truth what is real or accurate
95. turning point a decisive moment of change
96. vulnerability openness to emotional hurt
97. weather the state of the atmosphere
98. wish a desire for something
99. wonder curious admiration or awe
100. yesterday the day before today

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