Hi, I'm Beverley Joy of Simply Story Poetry. There is no right or wrong way to fill journal pages. Nothing is too silly, stupid or negative to be included. All the stuff that clutters up your mind. I was horrified at how many of my thoughts were about old past crap and negative thoughts. They are meant to be the act of moving your hand across the page and writing down whatever comes to mind.
I like to use A5 size journals as they are not too small and not too large. For me, just the right sized page to scribble my thoughts on about the good, the bad and the ugly, as the saying goes. I often audio record thoughts, as it's quicker and easier to record them in the dark, in the middle of the night, which is when these thoughts usual chatter away in my head.
My journal is different to my diary. In my diary, I keep a record of the progress of my goals. My journal is where I brain dump. This poem was inspired after reading the beginning of to book titled The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron.
You may also enjoy reading my article from which this poem evolved from Tools To Dig Up Your Creative Treasure on my blog Simple Create 2 Share.
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