Who Here Keeps A Journal?

[Prog Snob]

My love for books and writing have been stated enough here. I try to write as often as possible. However, sometimes an idea will come to me but I won't have anything with me to write on. I recently purchased a journal so now I just write what I'm feeling or any story ideas anytime I want. Does anyone else here keep a journal?

[Chino]

My journal is pretty much DTF.

[King Postwhore]

Chicks keep journals.


Tee hee.

[TAC]

My journal is pretty much DTF.

DTF is my journal, my facebook, my twitter, etc...

[Kotowboy]

I keep one called " Every time Blob is WRONG on the internet !!!!! "

[Hyperplex]

I have a blog to which I only sporadically post. I keep trying to make promises to myself that I'm going to write and journal more regularly but I have yet to actually follow through with that. Perhaps sometimes soon I'll get to it.

[Adami]

I keep one called " Every time Blob is WRONG on the internet !!!!! "

You keep a blank journal?

[El Barto]

I write letters, or as we call them nowadays emails. If something is noteworthy enough for chronicling there's certainly somebody I'd want to share it with. My personal email goes back 20+ years so I've got a record. The only other time was when I was bumming around Europe I kept something of a travelogue. Went back over it not too long ago. Some amusing bits I'd forgotten about and more than a few random, oddball observations. Glad I did that.

[Kotowboy]

It is blank.






BECAUSE IT IS A NEW ONE SINCE THE FIRST FORTY ARE FULL UP !!!!!!!!!!

[Dublagent66]

Dear diary,

Let's see....ummmm...eh nevermind.

[Phoenix87x]

I would keep one, but I am uncomfortable with the possibility of someone having access to my thoughts. They needs to stay in my head, and only in my head.

[Adami]

I would keep one, but I am uncomfortable with the possibility of someone having access to my thoughts. They needs to stay in my head, and only in my head.

Why?

[Phoenix87x]

I would keep one, but I am uncomfortable with the possibility of someone having access to my thoughts. They needs to stay in my head, and only in my head.

Why?

The same reason why 1984 is my favorite book. My thoughts are my own and they are private. Its that privacy issue. I feel exposed, naked and vulnerable if everything is out in the open.

[Prog Snob]

I have a blog to which I only sporadically post. I keep trying to make promises to myself that I'm going to write and journal more regularly but I have yet to actually follow through with that. Perhaps sometimes soon I'll get to it.

I just started a blog through Word Press. I've only posted once to it so far but I write things down during the day with the intent of putting them in the blog.

I write letters, or as we call them nowadays emails. If something is noteworthy enough for chronicling there's certainly somebody I'd want to share it with. My personal email goes back 20+ years so I've got a record. The only other time was when I was bumming around Europe I kept something of a travelogue. Went back over it not too long ago. Some amusing bits I'd forgotten about and more than a few random, oddball observations. Glad I did that.

Travelogues are always a great idea. When you visit places, especially for the first time, the new sights can sometimes be overwhelming. Wanting to remember every detail can be impossible.

I keep one called " Every time Blob is WRONG on the internet !!!!! "

You keep a blank journal?

That would be the journal entitled Everytime Kotow Is Happy.

[Kotowboy]

[gmillerdrake]

I keep a handwritten journal. I've always thought it'd be neat for my kids or grandkids to find them one day so I basically write in them addressing them. i started keeping them prior to my first son being born. Admittedly, the first few journals I filled were more frequent....every few days....but I was far less 'busy' then. In recent history my entries are more sporadic, which is something I'd like to improve upon but haven't been able to make a good habit of it.

[Adami]

I would keep one, but I am uncomfortable with the possibility of someone having access to my thoughts. They needs to stay in my head, and only in my head.

Why?

The same reason why 1984 is my favorite book. My thoughts are my own and they are private. Its that privacy issue. I feel exposed, naked and vulnerable if everything is out in the open.

Well yes, but that doesn't explain why. Why do you feel your thoughts need to be private? Why do you feel naked if someone knows what you're thinking?

Do you never just talk about things with people? That's sharing your thoughts.

[Phoenix87x]

Not all thoughts. I just mean in general. Some things I am more than happy to share, and that goes all the way from deep heavy shit all the way to random whaterver thoughts. Other things I like to keep to myself.

[Zook]

My fiancé tells me I should keep a journal as a way of keeping calm, but that makes no sense to me. How is writing down what's bothering me going to make me feel any better or solve the problem? The journal isn't going to give me advice like say DTF would.

[Prog Snob]

For some people, writing is immensely cathartic. That doesn't necessarily hold true for everyone.

[Adami]

My fiancé tells me I should keep a journal as a way of keeping calm, but that makes no sense to me. How is writing down what's bothering me going to make me feel any better or solve the problem? The journal isn't going to give me advice like say DTF would.

I agree that a journal would not solve your problems, especially since you're clearly psychotic if you're hallucinating a fiance that doesn't exist.

[Kotowboy]

I once tried to write lyrics based on my experiences and feelings with anxiety and depression...


...but stopped immediately because it sounded like 12th grade poetry.

[ReaperKK]

I used to, for about 8 years or so but then just slowly stopped. I never did really read them. I would occasionally but it was often cringe inducing.

[Zook]

My fiancé tells me I should keep a journal as a way of keeping calm, but that makes no sense to me. How is writing down what's bothering me going to make me feel any better or solve the problem? The journal isn't going to give me advice like say DTF would.

I agree that a journal would not solve your problems, especially since you're clearly psychotic if you're hallucinating a fiance that doesn't exist.

OK bosk, time to come up with a new joke.

[Adami]

My fiancé tells me I should keep a journal as a way of keeping calm, but that makes no sense to me. How is writing down what's bothering me going to make me feel any better or solve the problem? The journal isn't going to give me advice like say DTF would.

I agree that a journal would not solve your problems, especially since you're clearly psychotic if you're hallucinating a fiance that doesn't exist.

OK bosk, time to come up with a new joke.

Oh come on, I've never made that joke before!

[Zook]

My fiancé tells me I should keep a journal as a way of keeping calm, but that makes no sense to me. How is writing down what's bothering me going to make me feel any better or solve the problem? The journal isn't going to give me advice like say DTF would.

I agree that a journal would not solve your problems, especially since you're clearly psychotic if you're hallucinating a fiance that doesn't exist.

OK bosk, time to come up with a new joke.

Oh come on, I've never made that joke before!

You also aren't bosk.

[Adami]

Sometimes I dream that I am.   

[Prog Snob]

My condolences.

[jasc15]

The first time i kept a journal was when I first went to Europe.  At first it was not much more than bullet points; factual summaries of my day and sights seen.  On my second trip, while riding on a train doing the same bulleted list, I suddenly flowed into a more detailed description, taking into account what I was thinking over the previous days and even what was going on while I was writing.  I've followed that format with subsequent trips and I'm glad I did.  I also started doing the same with my personal flying.  After each flight I would write down mistakes, successes, etc. just to have something more than the short descriptions in my pilot logbook.

I never considered doing the same while home.  I'm constantly thinking, and I think it would do me well to put all that down on paper and get outside my head.  I've reconsidered it now that I have a son, and I realize already that there is so much that has happened in the last year or so that I've already forgotten.

[Prog Snob]

When it comes to your child there are things that you hope to remember forever. Unfortunately as we age things slip our mind; it's inevitable.