Thomas Mann that “a writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

To keep a journal is to learn how to play. Deeply. Even when a page is recording hard, impossible things, if judgment is suspended, there’s always a surprise or shift. Connections made over time suddenly link, opening and transforming.

Successful journals break the deadlock of introspective obsession.

Journal writing is, foremost, a way to order and reframe perspective.

Sitting for even five minutes with a journal offers a rare cease-fire in the battle of daily life.

Successful journals break the deadlock of introspective obsession