do you keep a diary, if so do you make a daily journal on it?

Philippines
December 20, 2008 7:57am CST
most of the women and also some men keep a diary with them where they jot down in it things or activities that they have for the day. i tried having one when i was in high school but haven't been religious in writing on my journal until i get tired of keeping on and have not tried it again. how about you, do you keep a diary? if you do, do you write on it everyday? what do you usually write, everything that transpired during the day or just the highest and the lowest moments of your life? please do share. happy mylotting!!
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14 responses
• Philippines
20 Dec 08
I don't do any journal, it is simply because I don't want to write stories about my self. However, I am fun writing my own financial records and any other stuffs related to business.:) You don't need to write your life on a book where as you can create a legacy and make others write your story, right?:)
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• Philippines
20 Dec 08
same here i am a person who doesn't like to write stories of my life and let other people read on it if they get a chance. hehehhe
• Philippines
20 Dec 08
i can totally relate with you. LOL.
• Philippines
20 Dec 08
I see. I am quite lazy in writing my own story.:) hehe
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@owelm0408 (1011)
• Philippines
20 Dec 08
i do make my to do list for a week or sometimes in a day..but if only i have a lot of things that should be done or i have some deadlines to meet.But on ordinary, not so busy days, i seldom wrote to list.
• Philippines
20 Dec 08
thanks for the post and happy mylotting!!!
• Philippines
21 Dec 08
hi there. well, i do to do list too.. but not as often i did before... and smae goes with my journal... there are on and off days..
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
22 Dec 08
LOL. actually I am not having a diary. I don't like somebody to know my whereabouts.. hahaha I mean my secret thing. Most people write their secret happenings in their diaries. That is why if some things happen their diaries are one of the evidences of how things are going with them. People's activities can be discovered through their diaries. Well, I just don't want to have that. I have no diary.
• Philippines
23 Dec 08
hello bebs, i know what you mean. this could even be use to blackmail you or can put you to shame so better not have it in writing. hahahahha. thanks for the post!!!
@messageme (2821)
• United States
22 Dec 08
I have tried many times to have a journal, but like you I never wrote in it all the time. Most the time my problem was I never knew what to write so I wouldn't write in it.
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• Philippines
23 Dec 08
hahhaha. i can relate. it seems that there are a lot of things running on my mind but when i start to put it on paper the thoughts seems blurred. thanks for the post my friend.
@swtpareek (650)
• United States
21 Dec 08
I keep a diary along with and write in it usually when I am sad. I don't like sharing my feeling when I am feeling blue with anyone. The reason is I cannot help myself from crying at that time and feel very embarrassed after that. So i feel it's better that I write in a diary. I write at that time too when I am very happy and nobody is there to share that feeling so I just jot it down in the diary and tell my best friend later on. SO in a way diary is of great help to me. But I do take caution of not writing something too personal and if I have to I write it in codes...^_^
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• Philippines
22 Dec 08
with what you have shared in here, i just realized that a diary can act like a friend too especially if you don't have someone to share your joys and pains too. but again it should be kept somewhere so that no one can have access to it. and i find it cool that you try to make codes out of what you have written so that others may not be able to decode it. thanks for sharing and have a great day!!!
• India
21 Dec 08
hi my dearest buddies of my lotter, I have been writing dairy for the last ten years. Dairy has been my best friend and I share all my feelings with it. I write everything in it. I feel a lot relaxed when I write my dairy. I thoroughly enjoy penning my dairy for it has all the important events of my life in it. And , let me tell you I enjoy a lot only when I read my old dairies. Dairy is the only source that makes you understand the metamorphosis of you. Thank you guys and please make a habit of writing dairy atleast from this year. cheers!!!!!!
• Philippines
21 Dec 08
hello nirmalarani, thanks for sharing the joys of keeping and writing on your diary. i am just curious aren't you afraid that someone might read on your diary and use it to blackmail you? do you keep your diaries under lock and keys? i am just curious. thanks for the post.
@riyasam (16556)
• India
20 Dec 08
like you,i also tried to keep a diary but i found it tedious to write on it everyday.over the passage of time,i just forgot about it. but i want to renew my habit ,as i find it is a sort of good memory to be relieved after a decade.
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• Philippines
20 Dec 08
i was thinking the same thing that it will give a good memory of what had happened or the thinks that i undergone over the years and will make me remember my feeling then. but i guess i can't make track of what had happened to me 30 years back. happy mylotting and have a great day!!!
@mjoy07 (202)
• Philippines
21 Dec 08
Yes! i do keep a dairy, since thirteen years old, when my childhood sweetheart gave it to me as christmas present, i then made a daily journal, but now as i grow older and older :) i just write my significant and important things that happened to me, when im sad, when i cried and when im happy. since thirteen years old i keep my yearly dairy, when i reach college, i change my dairy to my so called "journal notebook" where i write my emotions that i encountered in that day. and my first diary which my childhood sweetheart gave? I still have it and everytime i read it, i just smile and remincse those puppy love.
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• Philippines
21 Dec 08
wow, you are very industrious in writing your day to day experience in life. i hope i have that skill too but i am always lazy. LOL. thanks for the post and have a great day!!!
@shiloh_222 (5479)
• Philippines
21 Dec 08
hi there. i do keep a sort of a prayer journal. it's a mix of a diary and my prayers. i write it down... sometimes, i flip through when i feel bad and see how God saw me through. it helps me feel better. when i was younger, i used to write a diary.. and start off with the cheesy, dear diary thingy... LOL... i think i still kept two of those and find it ridiculous to read old entries.. regarding crushes and stuff... LOL... have a great weekend friend.
• Philippines
25 Dec 08
happy holidays friend.. i am bored though..sniff..sniff...
• Philippines
21 Dec 08
i like the idea of writing a diary of prayers for this will always remind us of God's goodness especially after we surpass trials and challenges in life. thanks for the post friend and have a great holiday vacation!!!
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@mimico (3617)
• Philippines
21 Dec 08
I used to write in my diary all the time, but then it became less frequent. I guess I haven't written for a year now. :( SOmetimes I take to my diary when I want to remember important events like a birthday or a day when I received a prestigous award. It's not even a matter of having time to write, because I have a lot of time to write in my diary if I really want to. I don't know why I stopped actually. Maybe I'll continue again.
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• Philippines
21 Dec 08
thanks for the post. i think this will be timely since a new year is about to start. have a great day!!!
• United States
21 Dec 08
My diary is poetry.com I write all my poems so I keep up with them and hopefully get recognized for the best poem. So I win the $10,000 contest. Ask me for more on this contest.
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• Philippines
21 Dec 08
really is there a site where you can win that much in writing a poem? thanks for sharing.
@iamcdy (1119)
• Philippines
20 Dec 08
I used to have one, when I was younger. But now, I consider my organizer and my cellphone as my daily journal. When I was in High School, I had a diary and I wrote there everything that happened for a day, be it bad or good. I just had to stop doing so when I became a college student. I became so busy from school that time.
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• Philippines
20 Dec 08
hello there, i remember diaries are really an in thing for hight school and intermediate students especially when we start having a crush on someone. LOL. thanks for sharing and have a great day!!!
• Australia
20 Dec 08
Whats the point of having a journal??? I don't see the point of keeping one or the strange attraction that many people have of writing the old and cheesy phrase of "Dear diary, today..." I see the journal/diary as a way of embarrassing your enemies or blackmailing them with.
• Philippines
20 Dec 08
thanks for sharing your thoughts on this topic. have a great day and happy mylotting!!!
@setsuna26 (2751)
• Philippines
25 Mar 10
I use to have one and i use to write on it like everyday but theres this time thati got tired of writing thats why i decided not to write that often until i decided not to write anymore.But i have to admit it helped me alot when it comes to making me feel better everytime i write something .Specially when im mad at someone but i just cant tell that person that i am mad. Thats the main role of my diary for me shock absorber ;)