Does Anyone Keep Journals/Diaries?
@CallieWVU2 (520)
United States
June 17, 2008 5:45pm CST
I remember when I was nearly thirteen, thinking that I was too old to start journaling, that I needed to start at a younger age :) I decided to start a journal anyway, and I think now thirteen years later I've accumulated around 15 or 16 journals filled with my life, in case when I'm 80 I can pass them down to my grandchildren to know what was going through my mind when I was as young as they were. And also when I'm older, I can look back and read about fond memories, I still do that, I'm always re-reading my journals, especially the pages I dog ear marked, those are usually the "steamy" pages or funny things that were said...Does anyone else keep a journal?
5 responses
@feelingsky (28)
• China
18 Jun 08
I have given up the journals so many years. many kinds of reasons.by the way your photo is so sexy.
@shorty08322 (1270)
• United States
18 Jun 08
i do i keep a diaries and things like that i like to write about what goes on in my life and what i have seen
@compumom (738)
• United States
18 Jun 08
Yes, I keep an electronic journal. I started it back in August of 2001. Since I'm always on the computer, it's easier for me to type my journal entries when I get up in the morning, or when I think of it throughout the day.
I've formatted it so that when I print it out, it has a table of contents and chapters.
The great thing about an electronic journal is that you can do a search to go the an exact date, phrase or what ever search criteria you use. The other cool thing about it is that I don't have to worry about where it's stored. I back it up onto a disk every so often so that I don't lose it. It's currently about 1,000 pages.
On occasion I add pictures to the journal entry to further illustrate a point I'm trying to make or an emotion I'm trying to convey. I started the journal using Adobe Framemaker (Microsoft word starts to choke when it has too many pages to keep track of).
I think every writer should keep a journal. It's great for story ideas.
@snowy22315 (180703)
• United States
18 Jun 08
I've tried to but i always end up quitting. I have read some stuff that I've written in the past and it is amazing to see
things that I have written before. I do like to write but I guess I am not discipline enough to write in a journal daily.
@Katherleen (390)
• China
18 Jun 08
Not really everyday.Writing our lives and feelings down in print,does something to the human spirit,I'll keep doing.
