- write every day. even if its a simple sentence saying 'i dont know what to write today.' then write it. it's important to get yourself in the habit of writing an entry each day
- you dont have to date your journals entries with the date. you can label them by the time you wrote or the day of the week. sometimes adding specific dates makes it harder to let yourself write freely.
- write about your feelings, what you put in your coffee, how you felt about the news on tv, about the gum that got stuck on your shoe. most people think that journals have to be summarizes of what happened each day, but thats not the case. write about what you want
- personalize your journal. write in pretty pens or add doodles and cute stickers.
- get in the habit of carrying it around with you so that you can write things down whenever inspiration strikes.
- dont erase things. the beauty of handwriting things is that you can keep everything unedited. if you dont like something you wrote, then cross it out and move on.
- dont obsess over typos, grammar, or run on sentences. just keep writing.
- lastly, keep having fun and be yourself, be honest with what you write. dont force yourself. just let things happen
apr 10 2016 ∞
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