I've never been able to journal since my mother read my journal when I was 10. My therapist wanted me to journal. Now, she's my ex therapist and she still does. She's gifted me to lovely journals, but to this day I hate writing. My therapist had to make do with a thousand emails in her inbox and whatever I wrote on forums. Emailing was very freeing for me.

You don't have to do a journal and if you do, you get to share or not share whatever you want from your journal. You are in control.