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Do you keep a journal?
– Baslisks, 2009-04-21 at 00:29:03 (13 comments)

	On 2009-04-21 at 00:29:56, Baslisks wrote... I keep a blog, which is kin of like a journal. I realize that the enlightening stuff doesn't come often but when it does, it hits hard. By writing more often you get more great stuff.
	On 2009-04-21 at 02:19:18, BorgClown wrote... Ah, a journal. I've started twice, but I soon neglect it. Even doing it on the computer is useless, I abandoned it after a couple of weeks. I suppose that I lose interest because I don't want anyone to read it, and hence, it becomes pointless writing for one reader who already know what I wrote. I have to reckon it is a great self-exploration tool.
	On 2009-04-22 at 08:50:15, Lee J Haywood wrote... Like BorgClown, I find it impossible to stick with a diary. Once I miss a few entries, I stop altogether. I do have some diaries from my last 2 years at university, but most days there's just nothing to write. For a while I managed to keep a line-a-day diary, which involves putting a date to things that you might want to look back on later - e.g. a big purchase or a meeting you had with someone.
	On 2009-04-24 at 11:10:48, Thelevellers wrote... I don't think I'd stick to it - I struggle to do the health essential (appaerntly should be) 4 times daily glucose checks, so I know I'd fail at something so non-essential. That said, I can really see the benefits, as it's an excuse to write, and getting thoughts out on paper always feels really good, I used to love writing very convoluted stream of conciousness letters to my (then) girlfriend. It was the closest to a diary I've got and I really liked it. It's better, and less confusing than running it all through in your head - which when I have had a period of much intrspection and little human contact I have, I confess' got a little confured as to what actually happened, and what my mind made up! I guess I'm like borg - as I wouldn't want anyone else to read it - why bother?
	On 2009-04-28 at 17:48:02, George wrote... I kept one for a few years, but recently seemed to have stopped... I hardly ever read it, even though I'd certainly always be the only possible reader, but I think that writing it was probably more important than bothering about whether I'd ever read it. Maintained it on my phone and PC.
	On 2009-04-29 at 06:52:54, Baslisks wrote... I keep a blog so I guess its not really a journal but as long as I have internet and a computer I have access to it all over the world. Though now that I think of it, what odes a clear book of paper cost? Not much, I guess I like the public access to, it makes it more exciting that maybe someone is sitting there and thinking, "I have felt that way, too." Maybe I just like being watched while I'm vulnerable. Woo anti-voyeurism!
	On 2009-04-30 at 00:27:05, BorgClown wrote... Pray, tell us the link, don't be selfish, Bas.
	On 2009-04-30 at 00:27:44, BorgClown wrote... Dang, spontaneous, William, Shatner, mode.
	On 2009-04-30 at 02:12:55, Baslisks wrote... @BorgClown: well... maybe....
	On 2009-05-01 at 06:07:58, Baslisks wrote... http://thenakedsun.wordpress.com/ There, my brain for all to pick.
	On 2009-05-01 at 21:04:06, Lee J Haywood wrote... http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6374-dear-diary-you-make-me-sick.html
	On 2009-05-01 at 23:06:05, Baslisks wrote... damn...
	On 2009-05-02 at 01:42:54, BorgClown wrote... OTOH, if you write for others, it can't be that bad. Knowing you have an audience makes you try not to be boring, and hence, you can't dwell all the time on the same issues.