Do You Journal?
By Sharon
@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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33 responses
@LadyDuck (471547)
• 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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@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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@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
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 (160677)
• 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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@BelleStarr (61102)
• 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 (61102)
• 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
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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@Letranknight2015 (51964)
• 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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@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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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
9 Dec 15
Does writing about my life on this site count? If so, yes, otherwise no.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
11 Dec 15
@simone10 Then my answer is Yes. 
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• 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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@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• 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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@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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@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
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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@peris26 (2)
• 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. :)
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