Do you journal?

@1creekgirl (41686)
United States
October 6, 2021 10:22pm CST
I've been keeping a journal for almost forty years now. I don't write every day, but I don't have a great memory, so I love to look back at things I've forgotten. It's also been a good record of illnesses and medical issues. And all the funny and cute things our kids and grands have done. Some sad entries also, like when our son's wife Rachelle died suddenly while their son Nathan was a baby. Lots of entries helping raise him while his dad was working. My husband and I had careers, retired, watched as our two children had marriages that worked, then didn't. Our son is a single dad to Nathan, but our daughter seems to finally have a good marriage. A lot of life, good and not so good, has happened since I started keeping a journal. Do you write in a diary or journal? The photo is my latest one.
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Oct 21
I am looking for another site to share my journals since Deviantart is giving me a hard time writing journals at this time due to a site malfunction.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
Well, you'll always have myLot!
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Oct 21
@1creekgirl That is true.
@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
7 Oct 21
I do. I have several journals. But this year, i switched to digital journaling. It’s very similar to paper journals because i can write on it like i would on a paper using an apple pen, i can also decorate it with stickers and washi tapes and attach photos.
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@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
8 Oct 21
@1creekgirl yes and I don't have to buy a new journal every single year.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
That's a cool way to keep your memories and activities.
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@Neriz69 (1093)
• Philippines
7 Oct 21
I did try a few times when I was very young, but my mom read. I never wrote one ever since.
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@Neriz69 (1093)
• Philippines
10 Oct 21
@1creekgirl maybe I should, as we get older it gets harder and harder to remember things.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
I seem to be better at writing my feelings than talking about them. Could you start a new journal?
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@allknowing (137552)
• India
7 Oct 21
That is a nice thing you have done. I rely on photos both hard copies and digital and that takes me back
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
Photos play an important part in our lives.
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@allknowing (137552)
• India
7 Oct 21
@1creekgirl They sure do.
@kaylachan (71520)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Oct 21
I tried to do it off and on over the years, but I could never keep it up if I'm being honest. I still have a few online accounts floating around.
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@kaylachan (71520)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Oct 21
@1creekgirl Yep. I'll get motivated to start one, then eventually wonder away from it.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
Everyone's different!
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• China
7 Oct 21
When I was 13 to 17 years old, I kept a diary,
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
Do you still have them?
• China
8 Oct 21
@1creekgirl Yes, I didn't throw it
• China
8 Oct 21
@1creekgirl Although I kept it, I didn't want to read the contents, because I was very young at that time. Now I feel that the things written at that time were quite childish
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@RebeccasFarm (90295)
• Arvada, Colorado
7 Oct 21
Your journal is nice Vicki. I do not and never have journaled.
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• Arvada, Colorado
7 Oct 21
@1creekgirl Oh I have just no time it seems Vicki..there is always something taking me away from what I would like to do.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
Is it something you've just never been interested in?
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
@RebeccasFarm I understand!
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@jstory07 (139782)
• Roseburg, Oregon
7 Oct 21
No I do not have a journal. That is great that you have one.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
I do like to keep a journal. It's similar to myLoting.
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@LadyDuck (471968)
• Switzerland
7 Oct 21
Yes I do, I started with our first important travel in the year 1975. I also do not write every day, but at least a couple of times a week. I like to go back to check what we did in the past.
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@LadyDuck (471968)
• Switzerland
8 Oct 21
@1creekgirl Time by time my husband asks "do you remember on which month and year...?" I check my diaries and I can reply.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
8 Oct 21
@LadyDuck I do that often, also! It's a good way to keep track of dates and events.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
That's one reason I write...to keep up with when whatever happened.
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@sallypup (61563)
• Centralia, Washington
7 Oct 21
Interesting question. I think I started writing a journal when I was in high school. My Mom also wrote in a journal. One of my sisters has Mom's journals. I have tons of journals around my house now and yes it is fascinating to look back even five years ago and check on that me and me's world.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
8 Oct 21
I think those will be wonderful to keep in your family.
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@sallypup (61563)
• Centralia, Washington
8 Oct 21
@1creekgirl The whole thing about family is interesting. I only have one daughter and she has no kids. Maybe as I get older I will have a huge bonfire and thank the Powers that Be for my life and call it done.
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@Courtlynn (67081)
• United States
17 Oct 21
Not really.. unless you count mylotting lol. As i used this kinda for journal like posts few years ago
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
17 Oct 21
I seem to do that, too. More writing in myLot and less in my journals.
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@Courtlynn (67081)
• United States
18 Oct 21
@1creekgirl long as you're okay with people reading about it thats fine
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@Ronrybs (19589)
• London, England
7 Oct 21
I have tried to keep a journal, but am always forgetting.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
8 Oct 21
You stay busy, don't you?
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@Ronrybs (19589)
• London, England
8 Oct 21
@1creekgirl I'd like to think so, but I am just really forgetful!
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
8 Oct 21
When my Mom was still alive, we liked to note the birds we saw. We bought books of Hawaii birds, discussed about it, till she got frail. I kept my journal.of birds, till the birds I noticed just repeated. When Mom passed, I was very melancholy, so my colleague, suggested, keeping a journal like speaking to her but in writing instead...it helped. Mom was a bit of a camera buff, she had a Kodak Stereo Viewer and slides I view from time to time. So not exactly a journal, but a picture journal my Mom created, brings me close to family, most gone now. Your journal is filled with sweet memories & photos, wonderful!
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
8 Oct 21
Thank you. I'm sure your journals and your mom's photos keep her memory close to you.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
9 Oct 21
@1creekgirl Yes, it does keep memories alive.
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@Janet357 (75646)
7 Oct 21
I used to Miss Vicky but I just could not continue it because I got bored with it. But I must admit, it is a great way to reminisce the past.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
There are so many things in my journals that I would have completely forgotten.
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@patgalca (18390)
• Orangeville, Ontario
7 Oct 21
I took Creative Writing in grade 10. We were required to keep a journal. I have been writing in a journal ever since, though not very consistently. Some were typed (when I was bored at work) so they are actually in binders. I have a full tote full of my journals, plus a file storage box (which is almost full). I kept separate journals like a prayer journal, a gratitude journal and journals on the funny things my kids did and said and their accomplishments. I wish I had started that one sooner and didn't forget to write in it. I also began a journal the week my father passed and kept track of everything that I went through as well as lthe dreams (visitations) that followed. Unfortunately I lapsed on that. There have been a few of those since my mother passed which I wish I had written in there but I forget those books are there. I could still write them now but I would like them dated. I started the separate journals so that I would know where to find certain details. I'm kicking myself for forgetting to write in them.
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@patgalca (18390)
• Orangeville, Ontario
8 Oct 21
@1creekgirl As you can see, not always a good thing.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
It's very easy for life to get busy. I'm impressed you have so many different journals.
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@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
7 Oct 21
It is nice to have a diary but I stopped updating my diary when I started to work a long time ago. I`m not sure anymore if I want to start again but your journal is nice.
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• Germany
8 Oct 21
@1creekgirl You`re welcome
@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
Thanks!
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• United States
7 Oct 21
I always wished I had journaled over the years. It must be nice to be able to go back and see what's happened both good and bad. So many things I've forgotten and a journal would be nice to read now.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
I have a terrible memory!
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• United States
7 Oct 21
@1creekgirl me too! My memory used to be good. Not anymore
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@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Oct 21
I've tried to journal. It's good you do. Lots of memories there.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
You have your wonderful books you write!
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@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Oct 21
@1creekgirl Yes, and this is all the writing I do. Still, it is a lot of writing.
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@LindaOHio (181177)
• United States
7 Oct 21
I kept one from when I was quite young until I was in my late teens. Unfortunately I stopped after that. I wish I would have kept it up.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
It's never too late to start.
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@LindaOHio (181177)
• United States
8 Oct 21
@1creekgirl That's true.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
7 Oct 21
I used to after losing Dustin. Not so much any more. I look back at what I read and can see how far I have come.
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@1creekgirl (41686)
• United States
7 Oct 21
I think writing our thoughts and feelings can help in different situations.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
7 Oct 21
@1creekgirl I know it absolutely does.
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