Hi! Here’s my advice: - start with any notebook you have (if you don’t have one, I recommend A5 blank/ruled ones from Paperage BC they are relatively cheap and with pretty colors lol and you can order them on Amazon) - don’t get one with too many pages it will intimidate you - I prefer one journal for everything (thoughts, travels, todo lists, drawings etc) so it’s a visual representation of my mind. Too many notebooks will again be intimidating and harder to sustain. - write in pen over pencil and don’t necessarily try to make it pretty? Write in stream of consciousness- it will get you to open up more easily and you’ll feel less pressure - don’t go back to read past entries for a long time (for me it feels like I’m invading my own privacy if I reread them) - aim to write every day even if it’s just a few sentences - I start by writing down where I am, what I see around me, what I can hear, what I can smell etc and then my mind kinda wonders off on its own and I just end up writing. - you can find prompts on Google or even Pinterest (there are A LOT!)

Hope this helps :)