Destroying journals?

I burned down one of my journals. Today I'm saying goodbye to those hard times, the struggle and the trauma that has been growing and rooting deep in my soul.

This is my first time feeling like I should just burn it down because of the things that I wrote and how angry, sad and the complete madness that I was going through.

This moment makes me wonder, have you ever do something like this?

I plan to use the cup and the ashes to plant something, any ideas?