katmeow
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I keep both an online and a handwritten journal, but I've noticed recently that I much prefer writing in my handwritten one. I find that my thoughts flow more easily with a pen in hand and I'm becoming much more circumspect about making my thoughts public in an online journal.
I received my first journal as a birthday present when I was 9. I've been writing on-off ever since. I think the longest period I stopped for was around a year, but something keeps drawing me back. I love reading over old entries and I think it definitely helps in keeping memories fresh. I find it much easier to write about things that are troubling me in there rather than talking to friends about it and I normally find that I resolve things fairly soon after I've written them out. I currently live with my family and have had no issues with them reading it, but I think I would be a little concerned if I was living with a friend or partner, because I tend to record EVERYTHING in there!
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Is there anyone else out there who keeps a handwritten journal? How long have you been writing for? How personal is your writing there? Do you worry about anyone else reading it or have you ever had someone read it? If you keep both a handwritten one and online/public one, do you feel there is much difference in what you record in each? For those who did, but stopped, why did you stop?
Kat
I received my first journal as a birthday present when I was 9. I've been writing on-off ever since. I think the longest period I stopped for was around a year, but something keeps drawing me back. I love reading over old entries and I think it definitely helps in keeping memories fresh. I find it much easier to write about things that are troubling me in there rather than talking to friends about it and I normally find that I resolve things fairly soon after I've written them out. I currently live with my family and have had no issues with them reading it, but I think I would be a little concerned if I was living with a friend or partner, because I tend to record EVERYTHING in there!
*~*~*~*
Is there anyone else out there who keeps a handwritten journal? How long have you been writing for? How personal is your writing there? Do you worry about anyone else reading it or have you ever had someone read it? If you keep both a handwritten one and online/public one, do you feel there is much difference in what you record in each? For those who did, but stopped, why did you stop?
Kat