Laura, I know that inner critic is awfully hard to get to shaddup, but do tell yourself- and repeat as necessary- that it is your journal, your very own, and it's the biggest- and possibly the only- thing in life that you truly can "Have it your way"!
There are more things in life than not where we have to follow the rules, the laws, whatever... that is not necessarily a bad thing, of course, but a Journal is your very own, your own soapbox, your own place to play your way! You are totally the BOSS! I firmly believe that that is one of the many reasons why journaling is so very good for a person! Everyone needs to have something where the only rules are those YOU make, and if you want to change your mind, you can do so at any time!
Last edited by IH8FMS; 08/16/10 03:52 AM.