Journals and Diaries

I did. My hubby found the one I had and we looked through it together. Some of the things I did not remember even doing. Others just brought back fun and good memories.

Yes. I have a stack of spiral notebooks about 3ft tall now of ongoing journals. I consider them all as one gigantic journal and have even given the series a name - which I will not say here because the name is so cool that someone will use it as the title of a newsletter, make a million bucks from it, and not share it with me. I've gone back and read entries only a few times - and it's so funny to read what I had written years ago. Life changes so much and you don't even notice. It's almost like a different person wrote it. Most of the time if I pick one up, it's the latest one with blank pages to fill and I start writing. I move forward far more than I look back. My daughter will have a blast looking through these when she's older and I am gone. ...and she'll be the only one allowed to read them if I have my way.

I keep a secret online diary that nobody else can read or see. I get creative and use my digital cam to take pics of things that relate to my moods too. The reason I keep it secret is because I am just private like that. It's something that is all mine that I don't have to share with anyone no matter how close I may be with them.

I keep a diary. I burnt my first diary book and threw the ashes into the ocean.. very dramatic. Well, this time I keep my old diaries. I like writing before I sleep. It frees the mind from the events of the day and have a restful sleep.

I started keeping journals after my children moved away. I was struggling with depression and it helped me to track my up and down points. I also did this during my divorce and it came handy to assist my case against my abusive spouse. I keep a journal just for the medications I am on so that I can track what is going on and if I need to consider change. I do not always keep my journals. I have burned some and shredded others. It is a good way to cleanse the mind before bed and a good way to get on with my life. I have also discovered that I do go through cycles and the journal helped me spot that. I considered doing it on the computer but that is so clinical. There is something about a person's hand writing that can show what that person is feeling and experiencing. I would not want some people to see what I put down and it is easier to use a journal and be able to dispose of it later.

I always had a diary when I was growing up and would get a new one every christmas from my grandma. I loved writing in them and still have them today 30 year later . I was a sappy love struck girl all of the time!! I still love to write.

I used to write in a diary but I haven't forever and I haven't got a chance to go back and read it either. Maybe someday.

My partner bought me a diary for Xmas '03, and since then it has become an annual tradition. I fill it in every day and it has got me through some rough times, including having a hysterectomy. I've since been able to use it to write an ebook about my experience which I am planning to publish to help others. They can be a fantastic window onto your past, but my biggest moment of writing mine was to show it to my partner when she was fretting about her panic attacks and anxiety. I was able to show her the diary and remind her that a year before she hadn't been able to go out on her own. It made her realise how far she had come. That's the best you can ask for of a diary, I think!