Do You Keep A Journal ?

[caitlin1214]

I was going through some PRETTY rough stuff in middle school. I was different from the other students (and different = bad in eighth grade) so I was teased mercilessly. It got so bad that whenever I would see a psychiatrist they always asked about me killing myself.

Through middle school and high school, I would always write out my feelings in a journal. When I stopped having problems at school, the writing stopped.






This topic TOTALLY reminded me of this:

Titus: I tried keeping a diary once. It ended up a performance piece at one of Dad's poker games.
Ken: "I don't know if she'll ever notice me, but just knowing she's in the world makes the world a better world to live in. - My Secret Diary by Christopher W. Titus." The W, gentlemen, stands for Wussy! . . . (to Christopher) Once you get laid, you'll stop writing this crap.

 

[jaded]

Do you write in a journal? What kind of journal do you use? How frequently do you write?

 

[tillie46]

I don't, but both of my daughters do!

 

[Designer_Love]

i used to when i was younger than i graduated into blogging and online journals...than i decided to stop blogging and journaling so no not anymore

 

[Divyaangana]

I don't. I've tried to for many many years, but have always started and then fallen off the bandwagon in the end. Now the closest thing I do to journaling is blogging.

 

[Junkenpo]

I used to... my BFF my freshman year in high school gave me one for christmas...... and i kept it up almost daily until about age 25-26. I have STACKS of journals in my parents house. They're all about the same size..probabbly around 5x7. All with a brightly colored cloth cover. i started off with lined pages, then moved to unlined pages so i could write whatever size or across the page, or sketch.

They were for me only, so no way would I consider blogging in the same way i wrote journals.

I used to average 1 journal every 3 months or so, but when i went thru my last break up, i filled it one up in about a month.

I think i've had the same one for about 2 years now & have barely made a dent in it.

Every so often I like to look thru the oldest ones & reminicse about high school.... plus, it's a good reminder for myself that I wasn't always mature and level headed and went thru the same teenage angst I see my students going thru.

 

[frick&frack]

I do...usually on the computer. I used to use legal pads. nothing fancy!

I write several times a week...varies. guess it depends on what's happening.

 

[kimalee]

I do, as often as I can (which right now is about twice a week). I use a plain black Moleskine. I couldn't live without it!

 

[beljwl]

no never

 

[babieejae1101]

I do. I usually write whenever I want to vent about something. I have kept journals since I was about 8 or 9.

 

[kymmie]

I write near daily in my journal. I keep a visual journal so its a diary/scrapbook hybrid full of ephemera, collage, snippets, photos as well as thoughts. I like to use 10X10 or 12X12 spiral bound scrapbooks as my journals. I prefer blank pages. Sometimes I like lined, traditional journals.

 

[flowerbobon]

i don't because first i dont really like writing.second i dont know what to write.

 

[dbtbandit67]

I'd consider that to be my blog. I keep the posts as brief as possible. I post random things that I want people to know about.

 

[PhantaBitten]

I had a journal when I was younger but not anymore.

 

[Louis&Mark]

I used to when I was younger like in my teens then just got too busy =(