Do you keep a diary or a journal?

@amadeo (111956)
United States
November 1, 2018 3:22pm CST
What is the difference between keeping a diary and keeping a journal? Which can you learn from more? I never keep a diary, mostly journal. I learn mostly from my journal. The candle will be lighted tonight in remembrance of all our Jewish friends who lost their lives .
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@marlina (154183)
• Canada
1 Nov 18
I only did a diary when I was a teenager and not for long.
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@amadeo (111956)
• United States
1 Nov 18
@maalina Do you still have it?
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@marlina (154183)
• Canada
2 Nov 18
@amadeo Are you kidding me? No way I kept this foolish journal of mine.
@andriaperry (116876)
• Anniston, Alabama
2 Nov 18
Seems I only do when I feel alone and I will write in it as a poem, no one knows the meaning but me or who its about. I have a whole book of poems I wrote when I was in a dark place in life.
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@SIMPLYD (90727)
• Philippines
2 Nov 18
No i don't. But , myLot is my journal. It has mostly the pictures and posts of the nice and sad happenings in my life.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
1 Nov 18
I used to keep a diary when I was in high school. It was filled with facts about boyfriends and dates. lol. I only keep travel journals now. They are great if you want to return to a favorite restaurant somewhere in the world and has fond memories. That's so kind of you to light the candle.
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@amadeo (111956)
• United States
1 Nov 18
@DianneN I kept most of my travel journal. Good idea there. Yes, your at the point you want to do something. I once had a lot of Jewish friends while in school. They treated me with kindness and offer me in their home. At a times that something I needed.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
1 Nov 18
@amadeo The Italians and the Jewish people have always been warm, caring, and compassionate.
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@dya80dya (33083)
1 Nov 18
Is there any difference? Aren't they the same?
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@amadeo (111956)
• United States
1 Nov 18
@dya80dta not really.Diary is a personal thing.Journal is like every day news out there.
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@dya80dya (33083)
2 Nov 18
@amadeo I have a journal and it's personal.
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
1 Nov 18
I think the distinction between a diary and journal has become a personal thing. I keep a journal but have known many people who would have called it a diary.
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@amadeo (111956)
• United States
1 Nov 18
@SophisMorros yes that is true there.very nice to meet you
@Porcospino (31367)
• Denmark
1 Nov 18
I don't have a diary at the moment. I finished the last one in 2012 and I haven't written since that time. Maybe I will start again one day.
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@maezee (42003)
• United States
1 Nov 18
I don’t know if there is a truly a difference? I do not but I should. It is always cool looking back.
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@amadeo (111956)
• United States
1 Nov 18
@maezee yes it is.I do this now and then.Wow did I do all of this.lol
@1creekgirl (40184)
• United States
1 Nov 18
I've kept a journal for over 35 years now. Not sure what the difference is in a journal and a diary, though. Is this a special date of remembrance for the Jewish deaths in the Holocaust? I will add my prayers also.
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@amadeo (111956)
• United States
1 Nov 18
@1creekgirl thank you.
@nela13 (55684)
• Portugal
2 Nov 18
No, I don't keep a journal or a diary, I guess my life is not that exciting
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@Courage7 (19635)
• United States
4 Nov 18
No but I wish I had all my life. Yes RIP
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@amadeo (111956)
• United States
4 Nov 18
still not too late there.Do it
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@Courage7 (19635)
• United States
4 Nov 18
@amadeo Okay I will thanks Fredo
@porwest (78726)
• United States
4 Nov 18
I keep neither. The story of my life is probably online somewhere and everywhere. Nothing to keep secret, and things that I truly want to be secret I surely don't write down.
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@amadeo (111956)
• United States
4 Nov 18
that is for sure there smart man you are
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@leny34 (8506)
• Sidoarjo, Indonesia
2 Nov 18
I prefer to write my diary, because I can tell what happened to me and record it
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@amadeo (111956)
• United States
2 Nov 18
@leny34 yes.very nice to meet you.
• Romania
2 Nov 18
I don't keep a diary, but when I feel the absolute need of spiting something out I turn it into a poem. And that's how I get to keep my most intense thoughts forever alive.
@jstory07 (133801)
• Roseburg, Oregon
2 Nov 18
I never kept a diary or a journal.
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@Hannihar (129111)
• Israel
2 Nov 18
@amadeo I used to have a diary once upon a time and they are very personal and private and the journal people write down thoughts they have. I used to write in a journal too about days I had and how I felt. When I refer to a diary now it is my calendar book that I carry around with me that I write appointments I have and things I got and what has to be done and things I got.
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• Philippines
2 Nov 18
I don't know the difference unless we'd refer to an academic journal. I've been keeping a diary since I was 8.
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• Philippines
2 Nov 18
I have a blog and it serves as my online diary/journal. But I rarely update my blog/website.
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@septabchips (1144)
• Nigeria
2 Nov 18
I have a personal diary which I have been using for over 15years. I also have journals but I don't seem to keep many of them. I discard the old ones when I feel like.
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@Peter999 (23)
2 Nov 18
I'm not write diary or journal. But now I'll try write journal, because I'm try English journal to improve my English writing skills, And I can share the journal in internet with people all over the world. They may correct my mistake of write thing. That's all, [End]
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