Hello,

I am an engineer at a large university, so rational thought is highly praised in my current environment. I have been able to conform to this mentality extremely well - but I feel that I am ignoring or suppressing my emotional state. I realized this semester that this has been hindering my achievement, so I decided to start a journal in the blind hope that it will help me learn to be more secure in myself. I write in my journal every few days about the more "sticky" thoughts in my brain at the time, but I never really feel that my entries are very "deep" - and I feel that they should be in order for the journaling process to work. Is there a way to consciously try to make my journal entries more personal? I am alone in my endeavors and have no guidance on this issue, so any comments/questions/speculations would be much welcomed!

Thank you,
pkey