Thank you for the replies! The person who first encouraged me to start the journal also said to relax any preconceptions when I expressed some anxiety over the specifics of keeping a journal. I have seriously attempted to do so, and I am recognizing that I enjoy writing when I don't have to worry about coherence, technical content, or perfect grammar. As for the depth of my entries, I am a little afraid because I specifically aim to relax any kind of obsession with grammar in order to try to reach out to that part of myself that I adore, but can only see in certain circumstances. I am a serious person, and this trait is something that I really value about myself, but I am afraid that even when I try to relax any rules about my behavior in order to try and let out my inner self, I feel as though I am only recording a daily log of my activities.

I am genuinely confused, or maybe it's just some kind of defense - I don't know if I trust myself to know the difference - but I'm wondering if this frustration is a good sign and where I should go from here.

BLUEDOVE, thank you for the tip about sentence stems. Honestly, it sounds terrifying to have my mind react to things without the filter of my outer self. But that's probably the point, right? I will look more into it, and give it a shot!