Keeping a Journal

I don't know the difference between keeping a diary or a journal... I guess I can say I used to write down things that happened to me during the day, thoughts and hopes, together with worries and sad feelings. I used to call it diary, and I kept it since middle school to university, not writing averyday and sometimes with long periods of silence. But during the most unhappy times I would go back to it, sometimes I would read it, most of the time I would just put my thoughts in words. I threw away all my diaries during university period, I didn't want to read them anymore and didn't want others to read it as well. Now I regret it. I went back to writing a few months ago, when I was so confused and didn't know who to speak to. It helps me a lot but I can't say I'm doing it everyday or every week, sometimes I write several times a day, and nothing for weeks. Thanx for asking. :o) Linda

I've never been able to stick to journaling for any length of time. And I found that I prefer to blog rather than keep a personal journal. I don't do that regularly, either, but the advantage is that sometimes I get useful or enlightening comments, and can get in a conversation with someone interesting. That's impossible with a private journal. I learned that there's no point in setting goals, at least not with a set time frame. I'm a born procrastinator, so I prefer to stick with a calendar program that at least keeps keeps stuff right in front of me where I can't forget about it.

I write journal when I free. It is good that we can keep record on what have we done, our thought, or opinion regarding some issues. Keeping a journal ensure that we won't forget our past and all of these can actually lead to success in our life. Sometimes writing a journal also becomes a way for me to express my feeling when I feel no one I can talk to. I write journal since I was 18. I enjoy read the journal that I have written. For me, writing a journal is like writing something for our future.

i love to journal. my feeling is different than others. Normally, i wrote my journal when i feeling sad. This is the only way that i can expressed my distress. However, all the journals that i been written is only for my personal review.

i think an interesting journal lies in the enthusiasm of managers journal, when they meet requirement of readers.

I write about a few seconds only many times a day. That way the thoughts are not jumbled or forgotten.

I love to journal as well, but sometimes find that my thoughts get really scattered. I also love trying new journaling sites and picking pleasing layouts as I find that liking how my words look online (in regard to the layouts) helps me keep writing more. :)

I do not keep a journal nor write one. :D When I were in high school we were asked to write a journal after the topic we discussed. It improves my english and the vocabulary. I'm from Philippines, that's why. Writing a journal also concludes that you understand something from your meetings. The only thing I use for a reminder is my ipodtouch. I put all the dates, requirements, appointments and etc there. at times I also do forget the take a look at my ipod and miss some stuff i need to do.

I usually write in my journal before I go to bed about the day, how it went, good and bad and my goals for the next day if I have any. I go back and reflect often. I like to see what my thoughts were the day before and see what I need to improve on in my life. Sometimes if something upsets me that day and I go back the next day to look at it, I think to myself it wasn't that serious. Why did I react that way? Well, now I know something I need to work on to improve myself. I think it is very good for self reflection and self improvement =)

I love to journal. Unfortunately, I either have too much going at one time, or completely lapse for too long. I have my own personal journal, a journal that I write in to give to my son when he is older and a birthday letter book for my son. I really need to focus my energy on one of these at a time, so I can write about what id truly on my mind and not rush to get to the next one. Like you, I often don't go back to reflect often enough. You have inspired me to do so today.

Journaling...I don't know if you would agree to me. I love to write anything under the sun whether poems, blogs, diary. For the past few years since I was in high school. I did combined all of those meaning I write poems and react to it a year after or a month, meaning everytime I write something in a notebook or a planner I keep it. After a year if Im bored or had nothing to do, I would read those again and react on the things I wrote before. In that way I can assess how mature I become.