About Suleika Jaouad
In moments of great uncertainty, I’ve always turned to my journal.
When covid hit, I was no stranger to isolation: I spent much of my twenties in treatment for leukemia, unable to travel, eat out, see friends, even take a walk. Suddenly isolation was back—this time on a global scale. To turn that isolation into creative solitude and connection, I asked my favorite writers, artists, and community leaders to share some words of inspiration and a prompt, and I invited my community to journal along with me.
By the end of the first 100 days of The Isolation Journals, there were 100,000 of us: writing, searching, seeking, connecting, making sense of our lives together. But isolation did not begin with the pandemic—more and more it’s a feature of everyday life.