I started trying to write in a journal in 2007. It was right after high school. I bought a pretty journal, but only wrote in it a few times. I wish I had written more. Yesterday I started copying everything from my journal into a Word document. It's always fun looking back, even though I hardly wrote anything. I think I was just lazy back then honestly. I'll most likely post some of it here sometime soon. I did a very rushed biography of my life up until the end of high school. Reading it is always funny because I can tell that I was really rushed. I can tell by how my physical writing is too. When I'm being careful my handwriting is pretty nice, but when I'm rushed even I have trouble reading it.
There is also a more recent journal I have that doesn't have much in it either. It's a Ravenclaw themed journal, but I think I don't like it that much anymore, so I haven't had motivation to write in it. I might just start another one in a different journal. The design of the journal I write in really matters to me. I find when I like the design it's easier for me to write. Physical writing is a little hard for me, I'm pretty slow, so I have to have motivation. I'm planning on also making a digital copy for my Ravenclaw journal, then I'll probably put it somewhere or something. I haven't decided yet. I took pictures of all my writing, so even if I decide to trash it I'll be fine. I care more about memories themselves than the thing I keep them in.
One of my biggest losses was AOL journals. They shut down eons ago, I think in 2008. I'm sad I didn't get my journal off of that before it closed. I had a journal on Quizilla before it shut down as well. Both of them are gone and I've always regretted not keeping a copy somewhere else. I really do wish I had written more when I was younger. I didn't even think about it until I started going on the internet when I was 16. We had dial-up until then. When I got to use the net more I started understanding more why it's a good idea to record your memories.
I'm thinking about these things more right now because I need to start keeping a mental health journal. I haven't done that enough and I understand how important it is now. I decided to find all my physical journals that I haven't used yesterday. It was kind of funny, because I forgot I stored them inside one of those fake books you can get at craft stores. I was so confused and couldn't find them anywhere. Then I saw the hollowed out book and I remembered. I also have a few regular notebooks I was looking through. I have a random assortment of things I used to just write and doodle on, it's crazy. I'll have to post pictures sometime.
Anyway, I better get back to copying my journal. I'm glad I thought of doing a split screen with half as a Word document and half as the picture of my journal. It's been so easy copying it that way.
