keep a paper journal

I really should have done this on my trip. However I have started now. I’ll see if I can keep it up for a couple of months before I mark this as done.

I got a red Debden journal from my Aunt & Uncle.

Yay!

...not on a blog. And when I mean thoughts I mean the inner thoughts of a person, not merely just the everyday things that most people blog about.

I want to be able to write on a paper journal the way that I did back in the olden days (10 years ago!) when I kept a paper journal (I even had a Mulan themed one!). I wrote everything and anything in my journal: teenage love, teenage angst, my dreams and aspirations, my sadness and truimphs.

I’ve kept a LJ blog for over 5 years now but yet I can’t divulge every little thing that I’m feeling on LiveJournal. It just isn’t the same!

I want a paper journal…where should I buy one?

it’s so nice writing things without knowing that they can maybe read it.

I dont do it as often as i could, but i know if i really need to my paper journal is always there for me to write in. So im striking a line through this ‘thing’ to make way for something new. :)

I accomplished my goal, for the most part. I kept it until I didn’t need the words looking back at me to understand what I was feeling. It took three months, two weeks, and a few days without him to really understand it all.

I won’t say that I have complete understanding. I’m still confused as to where I stand and what exactly I’m feeling, but I’m thinking and feeling and it’s the first time in a long time.

I’m not writing (in the journal) every day now, but I write when I need to.

It’s comfort but not a requirement and I like that.

As much as I want to do this, I find it so hard to make time to write. I always let myself get away with excuses not to do it … I’ve missed almost two weeks now.

Starting again tonight, I’m going to try to put aside a few minutes each day to write a little.

_“You will never ‘find’ time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.”
- Charles Buxton_

I love keeping a paper journal, but I always get caught up in life and forget for a few days or weeks, and eventually, whatever I started becomes a past memory. This year, I decided to make it my resolution to keep and use a paper journal every day. So far, I haven’t missed a day (a whole nine days, I know, I should be excited haha). But I technically started my resolution a little early by starting my journal when I had the idea (December 14th). I’ve got a good start. I hope I can keep it up!

i have 9 diaries so far. i’ve been writing ever since i was 13..and it has helped alot. like whenever im sad or happy i make it a point to write down my feelings, express my emotions and thoughts.

and its not all personal stuff although there’s a whole lot of personal stuff in there too. wen i 1st started i didnt make it a point to hide it…no wait . i did hide it but my lil brother was snooping around, found my diary and read it then blabbered about my ‘My dream guy’ entry to dad. i was as embarassed as embarassed could be.

since then i keep in in my cupboard. waaaaay back in my cupboard. although sometimes i hv this fear of being found out.

so to be safe i dont write all my personal stuff in there. i only write not so personal stuff, like bitching. but my uber secret stuff- i type them out so they’re safe somewhere in my computer.

writing is therapeutic. i usually feel better after writing. and oh…the pleasure of going down memory lane, reading all those old entries , curled up in ur bed on a rainy day…and reading about YOU…from the reader’s point of view and discovering something new about yourself. that’s therapy.

this one to ‘blog’.