Having a personal journal is great and it is exactly as you describe it. I have had a private blog on Blogspot since 2010: there I wrote my teenage adventures every day, everyone could read it. But progressively it became my intimate place, I made it personal and now only I can read it. When I need to download my thoughts I go there and I also read the things I wrote a long time ago: I like to see how my situation has improved, or not 😂. It is a great way to see our personal development.
I also believe in the law of attraction, in the universe, materializing thoughts and all that. You know, when I joined Hive one of my first posts was about my desire to get to know Argentina and I put it here. I didn't even imagine that thanks to this same platform that would be happening now. I like to think I intended it and it happened. I am also a logical and rational person, but I like to believe in the truth of these invisible energies 😅.
I used blogspot too until they became obsolete. I am not sure if they still exist because at some point, I moved to wordpress. I am so happy that your situation has improved and that now you're in Argentina. You're also traveling a lot more and discovering the country too. So, maybe after all, that law of attraction works 😃