Journaling can be done in pretty much any way that works for you; everybody journals differently. Personally, I like to be in a private area without other people around. Your journal should be for your eyes only, nobody else needs to see it. (except for possibly your therapist if you have one) When I first started journaling, what I wrote was more like bullet points but it gradually changed into paragraphs and pages of writing, you can write in whatever way you want. The most important thing is to be honest and be open, write down your feelings otherwise you’re bottling them up inside and that’s not healthy. Try to write four to seven times a week, if you forget a few days it’s ok, don’t beat yourself up over it, but go back to it. In order to remember doing it, I personally journal at about the same time each day. It’s after my morning workout. There are days that I forget, but that’s ok because I always manage to get back on track the next day. The amount of time you use to journal doesn’t matter, you can take two or three minutes, all the way to an hour if you really want. Just make sure that you take enough time to truly write down your feelings and get your emotions out. Your journal can be anything from a few sheets of notebook paper to a fancy leather bound book, as long as it’s something that you can write your feelings down in.