An anything goes type of journal is the easiest way to create a therapeutic relationship with yourself. Use your journal as a portable friend. The anything goes journal could be one way to explore all the ideas in this book and invent some playful ones of your own as well. As a matter of fact, many of these suggested writing processes are adaptations of journal techniques that I discovered were useful for facilitating any kind of writing. A secret place to risk being honest with yourself.
Originality equals vulnerability.
A journal provides a safe place to practice doing just that. A journal is a place to detail all the little happinesses and document all the large delights of your unique life. A place to have fun. And a place for magic. Magic happens when one engages in regular and long-term involvement with oneself in words on paper.