In workshops I facilitate and ones I have attended myself, comments similar to this are usually made:

I didn’t think I’d have anything to say.

I thought I would sit here not knowing what to write.

You have to trust your pen. It wants to write. It loves to run across the page in a frenzy of words. Give your pen a time limit and it will want to prove itself. Five minutes. Sprint!

Here is your starting block:

I’m proud of myself for…

Ready. Set. Go!

Please feel free to leave a comment – either about your journaling experience or to share your writing… I’d love to hear from you!