I have kept a journal for about 8 yrs now…ever since I started high school. I’d written little bits and pieces for trips before this, but it was never consistent. It’s not so much the process of writing that I love, but the results. I love flipping back through my journals…I like to stick tickets and photos and other souveneirs in there too…so its visually exciting too. I hate to have pages with just writing. But I often find that when I’m busy (which creates more things to write about) I abandon my journal, and leave months worth of writing to catch up on. I’d want to make an effort to try and keep up, writing about things as close to when events happened. My greatest fear is losing great memories.