More often than not when I ask people are they using their journal. They tell me, ‘it’s just too lovely, I don’t want to ruin it’ or ‘I just don’t know what to write’ or ‘I’m going to but just haven’t started yet’. Does any of this sound like you?

I’ve been the master of my journal for so long now that the idea that a journal could be too special or too lovely to write in is just bizarre to me.  People, – as beautiful as it might be, it’s just a blank book. The only power it has is the power that you give it. So while some seem content to keep their beautiful blank book and just look at it, I’m here to tell you how to harness the power of the space to express, that those blank pages long for you to use.

‘I don’t know what to write’ or ‘I haven’t started yet’. Come ON! What are you waiting for really? The only time that ever is, is now. And whatever it is that would emerge as your first word on the page right now, if you gave yourself permission to write it. Is the perfect expression of you in this moment.

While I’m tough on this issue, I can say I do understand. Truly being a bit of a perfectionist and control freak are things I have experienced. And I know for me that did hold me back for a while. Thinking I’ll wait to have something really interesting, or important or clever or poetic to write. But the moment of inspiration where what I had to say would be ‘good enough’ never came.

What I did and what you need to do if you’d like to smash through this journal writing block once and for all is…. Make a decision; you are master of the journal. As beautiful as it might be, it exists to be filled with your thoughts and feeling, it exists to allow you to express yourself in all your everyday ordinariness. Don’t deny your journal the chance to serve its powerful purpose in the world!

So decide right now in this moment that you’re going to make a start. Go on, go get that lovely blank journal, I dare you! Pen in hand, open the cover, look at all the space offering infinite possibility. Mmmm lovely journal. Now take that pen, perhaps start with the date. That’s always a confidence builder. We know we can get that right! And now….. write. It’s that easy.

For those still looking at a blank page, here’s a starter for you. Write this ‘ I am the master of my journal, this is my space to be totally me. My journal has no rules, in here I’m totally free! What’s happening with me right now is………’ Breathe deeply, relax let go and write whatever comes. Safe in the knowledge that whatever you’re writing is the exact perfect thing.

With Love, Soli xoxoxox