Awareness is noticing what is, observing thoughts, feelings, surroundings. That can be simply noticing something. It can also be going out your way to notice, track, and observe something. Think: " It is catching my attention" vs "I'm giving it attention". It's important to take notice to Awareness in journaling as its own entity. Recognizing something exists allows you to get curious about it. Your curiosity leads you to study it. Your study of it leads to you using it as a