Your journal may even become a symbol of gratitude so that when you just look at it, you will feel a sense of appreciation. Write as many things as you want in your gratitude journal. Writing down 5-10 things that you are grateful for each day is a good number to aim for. Your gratitude journal doesn’t have to be deep. Writing as Therapy Journal - Projects A linen-bound notebook designed to accommodate ideas, aspirations and worries in the therapeutic activity of writing down your thoughts. We have so many vague feelings of hurt, envy, anxiety, and regret, but for the most part we never stop to make sense of them.