PLFXpert 0 #1 November 19, 2009 Curious. I used to keep a journal as was instructed to by a college professor for a creative writing class. I knew she would read it, but wrote anything and everything down anyway--including observations about her (which surprisingly she thought were SUPERB!) I found it therapeautic, but ultimately abandoned the idea knowing my thoughts could essentially--and literally--be an open book to another.Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutumbo 0 #2 November 19, 2009 no i dont, and if i did, why would i want it read after im dead, if i didnt want it read when im alive. . . actually scratch that, yes i would want it read, that way people could know EXACTLY what i think of them, haha Thanatos340(on landing rounds)-- Landing procedure: Hand all the way up, Feet and Knees Together and PLF soon as you get bitch slapped by a planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guppie01 0 #3 November 19, 2009 Personal diary, no don't keep one. I have a couple journals from my travels - those I wouldn't mind people reading. g"Let's do something romantic this Saturday... how bout we bust out the restraints?" Raddest Ho this side of Jersey #1 - MISS YOU OMG, is she okay? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #4 November 19, 2009 Blah if I'm dead I'm dead. Don't really care what they do with my stuff once I'm gone.www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fossg 0 #5 November 19, 2009 If I kept a diary, it would make a great cure for insomnia.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elias123 0 #6 November 19, 2009 I don't keep one, and If I did (and I died) I wouldn't care less if someone read it (even if I were still alive). The people I truly care about know how I feel about them and that's all that matters to me. Might sound selfish, but aren't we all in some way?"In a mad world, only the mad are sane" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #7 November 19, 2009 The major value in a journal is follow-through. Most people start thinking about a particular event, but get distracted before they arrive at a conclusion. Writing it down ensures that people complete their thought process. It's a good method when people are at a college age because people are not measuring things against reality. They are still defining their future lives with myths. The purpose of a journal is to sort out thoughts. That need fades away after being immersed in real life for a while. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #8 November 19, 2009 Spend your time doing things worth writing about rather than writing about them. Live your life so that when you're gone people will remember you by your actions rather than by words written in a book and shoved on a shelf somewhere. Elvisio "but here I am PWing on dizzy" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #9 November 19, 2009 I keep a journal - have done for years.. I went through 3-4 years where I wrote every day.. Now it's more like a few times per month, but I find I have more to say about things that way.. When I wrote every day it read like just a list of events!! Wouldn't mind if anyone read it. Reckon it would be fairly boring.. I don't write that much about my emotions - it's more factual.. You know.. to trigger my memory about what I've been up to "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BikerBabe 0 #10 November 20, 2009 meh, i'm too fuckin' lazy to keep a journal. I've tried and it lasts for about 3 days each time. I'd rather sleep.Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LongWayToFall 0 #11 November 20, 2009 QuoteSpend your time doing things worth writing about rather than writing about them. Live your life so that when you're gone people will remember you by your actions rather than by words written in a book and shoved on a shelf somewhere. Elvisio "but here I am PWing on dizzy" Rodriguez Well said. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #12 November 20, 2009 I did keep one for a few years... I haven't done anything with it for a while however... I don't know that I'd mind if people read it... I've never said anything bad or incriminating in it... besides I would imagine most people would be unable to read my handwriting... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdthomas 0 #13 November 20, 2009 I don't keep a persoanl journal, but I have started one for the upcoming birth of my 1st child. I though maybe some day she would like to read what events she has brought to us and has not even arrived yet. I have included pictuers of the changes my wife has gone through ( belly pics) as well as phots of where she will live for the 1st years of her life ( we are building and moving by the the time she is 2) and of course photos of her current sisters ( our dogs). I hope that it means something to her at some point in her life, but then again she may end up a crack whore and just want to sell the thing for drug money.. either way i guess it serves a purpose. Joewww.greenboxphotography.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #14 November 20, 2009 QuoteSpend your time doing things worth writing about rather than writing about them. Live your life so that when you're gone people will remember you by your actions rather than by words written in a book and shoved on a shelf somewhere. A lot of people start diaries/journals much later in life. If your mom/dad/grandma/grandpa passed and among their belongings was a diary or two, would you be interested in reading them? If not, what might you do with them? Do you think they would have wanted you to read it?Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #15 November 20, 2009 Well, I am not a crack whore, nor into drugs, but my mother knows not to hand-me-down anything unless she wants it sold, donated or shredded. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #16 November 20, 2009 well.... my log books are a diary of sorts, and the ones with some "room to write", for each jump, let me make as many comments, as i want. i sometimes read, from old logs and smile about names and places, and people whom otherwise may have become forgotten. for work, i start a spiral notebook, each january, which winds up being a diary of who and what and where.. Mosty use it for telephone messages. names, Numbers etc. the ones which grow into jobs, will include other details, until the work evolves into a 'job folder'. i save them all, and can refer to them as needed,,, ( my idea of a P A D ) diaries with intimate details, should NOt be read or shared, IMO, without the expressed approval of the author. it's just being respectful of a persons' privacy jmy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orchid 0 #17 November 20, 2009 Yes, I keep a diary...it started about 20+ years ago, it has turned into something else since (..long story...). However, I would want my children to read & keep it. They can tell their kids all about me...you know...way back when...oh and your grandma did this/that ...or perhaps learn from my experiences. No worries, all the juicy stuff are on a lock down in a volt, down the yello brick road, to a secret computer that can only be activated by the author. "Love is doing small things with great love." Lacrosse: Legally beating men with sticks since 1492 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
