A journal is a friend that is always there.

So After Popular Recommendations I thought it's time to give it another shot.

I used to Love to write, I would write thoughts,story's,poems,letters,even started books and I surprisingly was very good at it, especially with the poem part,lots of my poems were put in magazines, books and read publicly. So how after all these years I lost my touch for it or maybe just my passion.I have tried to start journals about life experiences but find it difficult.

# 1 problem I seem to be a tad OCD with it, if the hand writings to messy or I'm not sure i spelt something right or used the write phrase or word to express how i feel...or scared i forgot something then i find myself  like trying to wripp the page out ..crumble it up and start over.But then I found on the Internet other people have that problem-

"One of the major reasons people quit keeping a journal is fear. “I have to be neat,” they think, or, “I better write profound thoughts.” Not at all. Many of my journal pages are a way of thinking out loud–and often not in words. Sketches, collage, ephemera are vital elements that create journal pages."

# 2 problem is sometimes i rather forget something  that i feel and sitting there forcing myself to think about it...can be difficulty hard.But this website helped give me lil more inspiration. http://www.infed.org/research/keeping_a_journal.htm

#3 problem I'll start considering it a chore,bc sometimes I stop being consistant with finding the time to write.

#4 problem is fear of someone finding it..because its so personal,if someone where to read it,it would feel like they went into your Brain...creepy!lol

But last week I found this journal in a store and bought it because I do know it can be helpful.So after sitting in a chair the first nite for hours thinking and not being able to write one thing down..The Second night i  finally   got the hang of it somehow and I was on a roll...I Wrote 5 pages in one night and Mannn did it feel good to get it out!!! If any one has any recommendation on things that help them keep there journals going please share.