Place to write and vent free#

If you get into the habit of censoring yourself in your journal because you feel like you “should” be more upbeat or solutions-oriented, your free-flowing ideas will slow to a trickle. I refuse to compromise when it comes to self expression on the page. It’s perhaps why I’m okay with editing myself in other areas of my life. So while I push the envelope with negotiables like dress code, sometimes I need to pick and choose what comes out of my mouth. I do my best to keep it real, but not everyone at my corporate workplace would appreciate my truck-driver vocabulary (f-bombs abound) or my opinion on Working for The Man. Even those among us who strive to be truly authentic may find we censor ourselves out in the world. Our journals are perhaps the only place on earth where we can totally be ourselves, for ourselves.

I believe solely in writing exactly where you are at the moment. The key lies in the phrase “supposed to.” I don’t believe in supposing to anything in your journal.

The long answer comes back to my #1 philosophy for journaling: write exactly what you need to write, when you need to write it. Is it okay to whine in my journal? To moan and groan and complain? Or am I supposed to keep things more positive, more solution-centered?Īs you may have guessed from the title of this post, my short answer is: Yes – moan and groan and complain.

Place to write and vent free#

(If you have a question, always feel free to drop me a line and I’ll do my best to answer it.) It’s a common question I hear quite a bit, so I decided to answer it here so the rest of you can benefit, too. I received a great reader question this week.