Seniors

Ruminating about the ex wasn't productive, and I knew that even when I was doing it. It was hard work to get out of that bad habit. On the other hand, learning about myself was fascinating. I guess I don't really think of that as "ruminating" because I didn't spend too long beating myself up for my mistakes. The most important thing I learned to do was to accept and forgive myself. I'm never going to be perfect, but that's okay. I'll keep trying.

That's a good article. I read a lot, watched many hours of videos, and did a lot of journaling. I even had some virtual therapy sessions.
For me, the journaling was very productive. I don't do nearly as much now, but once in awhile I feel the need.

I was cleaning up my google docs awhile back, and deleted almost all of my many journal entries because I didn't think I needed them anymore. It felt very weird to delete them, and I almost regretted it, and then I journaled about how it felt to purge them, and I was again okay.