(Editor’s Note: On Wednesdays, we share a journaling tip as part of our series, Journaling 101. This is tip No. 20.)
Your journal is yours; it reflects your darkest fears, your deepest feelings, your delicious diversions. Even better, your journal always keeps a secret.
This week, just write; write how you feel (the truth!), how you manage, how you worry, how you wish for “better” (for you, for your care recipient). Commit to writing five minutes every day this week. And, then just pick up the pen and have at it.
I’m going to start journaling today. I’m afraid once I start writing I won’t stop. I have so much “past” I would like to get out. I used to write a lot, write to people, write just to write, and then a friend of mine I used to write to told me I needed to learn to tell people how I felt instead of writing about it. It really hurt my feelings, but I stopped writing and I think now it’s time to start again, just to get out what’s “bottled” up inside of me. I GUESS.