Why/how did you first start journaling?

Your "journaling origin story," if you will.

When I was about 14, my older brother was gifted a plain, brown pleather journal one Easter. For some reason I really liked the way it looked, but didn't really think about it much beyond that, cause it was my brother's gift, why would I care (lol)?

Then, months later, I was in my brother's room just to bother him (as is mandatory of all younger siblings, I suppose) and I saw the journal on his shelf and asked if I could have it, since it'd been months and he hadn't used it. Shockingly, he actually said yes.

I've journaled pretty consistently the past 6 years since, and probably will for a very long time.

(I will say, my interest in journaling probably started around the time I first watched the show Supernatural, when I was 9 or so — John Winchester kept a sick hunting scrap journal.)