Do You Journal?

@simone10 (54187)
Louisville, Kentucky
December 9, 2015 4:47am CST
When I was about 10 years old, I got my first Diary. You know the kind, it was small and had a lock and key. I didn't have a very pleasant childhood and writing in my Diary was a way for me to get things out. It really did seem to help. I'm not sure when it changed but it is now called Journaling and I am trying to get back into the habit of writing in a journal. I do consider myLot a form of journaling but I don't write about my deep, inner most thoughts. With technology the way it is today, I can use a word document and just type instead of writing as I often get cramps in my fingers if I write too much. Each month I can print it out and put it in a notebook. Right now I do forget to write everyday but I just have to get back into the habit. Does anyone else journal? Do you journal manually or on your computer?
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@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
9 Dec 15
I have a journal, an old fashioned journal that I fill manually every day. I like to check the past diaries and see what I did.
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@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
11 Dec 15
@simone10 I only write a few lines, the important things that happened during the day. I am glad I did over the years, sometimes I read the old diaries I wrote during my trips. They bring back memories, it is incredible how many details you forget when the year passes.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Dec 15
@LadyDuck You are so right. You can look at pictures but it's not quite the same.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
10 Dec 15
I wish I could journal everyday but I always seem to forget. I am trying really hard to remember to write everyday. I guess it will get into a habit after a while.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
9 Dec 15
I had a small diary when I was a teenager, but do not write anymore in it.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
10 Dec 15
I had a diary too as a teen. It's really hard remembering to journal now because I am not used to it but I'm not going to give up.
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
9 Dec 15
When I was a teenager I had a diary. I do not really journal now. I tend to write my feelings out (well type them out), just as a personal release for myself. Sometimes, it helps me deal with a certain issue if I write it out. I guess you could say it is almost like therapy. Sometimes, I can write about what I cannot talk about in real life to people. I have found through the years, it is better never to tell anyone your deep secrets, because it will one day bite you in the butt. Now, I have found I can type it out, and it will not bite me in the butt later. It is for nobody's eyes but mine.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Dec 15
I use journaling as a form of therapy also. I don't mind writing about any deep dark secrets as the only ones who will be reading my journal are my kids and that is when I am gone.
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@mom210 (9115)
• United States
9 Dec 15
No but I have taught my girls to do it. There is so much I wish I had written down in my life, now I only have memories to rely on and they fade.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
10 Dec 15
Memories are another reason I want to journal. I can write all of those down before they fade and pass it on to my kids and grankids.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
21 Dec 15
@mom210 I agree and there are so many things that I wished I had asked when my parents and grandparents were still alive.
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@mom210 (9115)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@simone10 very good plan. There are so many things they want to know as they get older, that we forget.
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@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
9 Dec 15
I wanted to go back writing my journal. And i have to buy a new one too. Have to let my thoughts be written by my hands. And i know through wrting, i can have my hand writing better again
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Dec 15
Yes, it would be a very good way to improve your handwriting.
@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
9 Dec 15
I have never done that. But I'm really vocal and usually just say what's on my mind. My sons and husband have always said they know when somethings wrong they can see it on my face.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Dec 15
I have a sister who is like that and I have to admit that as I get older, I am more verbal than I used to be.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
21 Dec 15
@fishtiger58 I was very shy also and hated being that way but it was just who I was at the time. Now I say what is on my mind when sometimes I probably should be quiet
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Dec 15
@simone10 I am too, I was really shy when I was young. No more lol.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
9 Dec 15
I have in the past, especially when I was serious about eating healthy and I enjoyed finding an old journal one time. You have given me an excellent idea to do as you are saying, a word document and then print it.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
10 Dec 15
That is what I am doing. I can type a lot faster than I can write and writing a lot causes my hand to hurt so this is easier for me.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
9 Dec 15
I did try keeping a diary before but after few day, I could not keep writing anymore. I am not consistent in my desire to write about my deep thoughts and things about my myself.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
10 Dec 15
I always forget and then want to start over and it seems like that is all I do. I'm going to try and make it work today.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
9 Dec 15
I have a journal but I don't journal. I find myself incredibly boring and have nothing to say.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
11 Dec 15
@simone10 I actually started a private blog to put some of my little stories about when I was a kid and how I met my husband and it is for my kids to enjoy after I am gone.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
10 Dec 15
I don't think you are boring but I know what you mean. I want to journal my innermost thoughts and that way, when I am gone, my kids/grandkids will have a little bit of me still here.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Dec 15
@BelleStarr I want to be able to do the same thing with my journal. I will write things down as I remember them.
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• Philippines
9 Dec 15
I was too lazy to write a diary but back in highschool we were given a project to write a journal for a year. it was a good year but by that time i lost my interest.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Dec 15
I think that would be a lot of fun to do when in high school. I wish we had done that.
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@sofssu (23662)
10 Dec 15
For about ten years I journaled every single day.. Then I started writing online and forgot about journaling. I have been trying to bring that habit back .. but I keep forgetting to do so.
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@sofssu (23662)
11 Dec 15
@simone10 Yep, this time around its is just that.. Maybe now I have many more responsibilities... I am not sure.. But I usually get so sleepy by the end of the day when I need to sit down to write.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
10 Dec 15
You sound like me. My biggest problem is remembering to do it everyday.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Dec 15
@sofssu I usually write in the morning for the day before. Like you, I'm too tired to write at night before I go to bed.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
9 Dec 15
I don't journal on a daily basis. I do journal while on vacation so we remember our trips. The camping journal has been going on for 35 years, without that journal, all the fun and silliness and scary parts would be gone...
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
10 Dec 15
I think journaling your vacation is a great idea. I imagine it is quite an interesting read.
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• United States
9 Dec 15
Does writing about my life on this site count? If so, yes, otherwise no.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
10 Dec 15
Yes, writing on here definitely counts.
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• United States
11 Dec 15
@simone10 Then my answer is Yes.
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@JudyEv (342175)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Dec 15
I don't journal. I used to keep a diary when we had a few acres and there were things to write about but I was never into writing down my thoughts and feelings. I am sure it is helpful.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Dec 15
It is helpful to me and I do use it as a form of therapy.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
10 Dec 15
At Bubblews , it used to be my journal . Now it's myLot again since before .
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
11 Dec 15
@simone10 I just journal the important events that happens as the day rolls .
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Dec 15
@SIMPLYD that is a great way to journal and is mainly how I do it too.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
10 Dec 15
I agree that being on Bubblews and myLot is journaling for me right now but I want to get a little deeper so to speak. I don't write my innermost thoughts on here as it's too personal.
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• Preston, England
9 Dec 15
I keep a daily diary on here - there may be some experiences I won't publish up but so far it is pretty much going out as I see life from day to day
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Dec 15
I try and read your diary when I can and have really enjoyed it.
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• United States
16 Dec 15
I also had a bad childhood and had the diary with the lock and key, but I never got into writing in it, so I quit. I know that sounds strange for one who loves to write and in one of my classes, I had to keep a journal and hated it. I do have a notebook I use to keep notes of ideas and dreams for future stories, but I am not into writing in a journal about my feelings. I guess maybe my novel writing might be my outlet, I use some real life and create an alternative scenario in order to cope.
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• United States
23 Dec 15
@simone10 Maybe that is why I don't, I voice my feelings,sometimes very loudly...
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
23 Dec 15
@Carmelanirel2 Lol...I wish I was that way although I am getting better with it with age.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
22 Dec 15
Journal writing is not for everyone. For me, I don't always voice my feelings so writing is a way for me to do that.
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@T_gray (7774)
• Salina, Kansas
10 Dec 15
myLot is the extent of my journaling. I could never get in the habit of writing everyday in a journal.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
10 Dec 15
I can understand as it's really hard to do. At least it has been for me but I am determined.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
12 Dec 15
When I was younger I did all the time. You would never see me without a notebook. I stopped doing it for a while. I got back into it about a year ago. I most keep poetry.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Dec 15
I wrote poetry when I was a teenager and haven't tried to do any yet. I don't feel inspired as much as I did when I was younger.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
22 Dec 15
@whiteream When I was a teenager, I had so many emotions rolling around inside that it was so easy to write poems and I did a lot of them during that time.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
17 Dec 15
@simone10 It does come as easy as it did when I was younger..
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• India
9 Dec 15
journaling has always been fun. I started with a hard bound when I was 16, my boyfriend accidently read it and I was frank regarding my thoughts in diary so it caused a problem. after that I started doing it in computer but was always insecure regarding the stuff it contained. So due to mood swings after a month or 2 of starting I always delete the document. But after sometime I again start writing. The cycle still continues. :)
@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Dec 15
I know what you mean. I forget about the journal for a few days and then when I go back to it, I want to start if over again. It is a cycle so I'm going to try and not start over each time I miss days.
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