Posted by deirdrehbrt on December 19, 2003, at 21:21:28
In reply to my journal - a survey, posted by octopusprime on December 19, 2003, at 11:15:43
> * who keeps a journal?
I do too.
> * is there a specific writing routine (in terms of days/week) that is both sustainable and useful?
I keep my journal with me most times, unless I don't want to carry a large bag when I go somewhere. I can write inn my journal whenever I like. The most common place though, is in bed, right after taking my evening meds.> * while i generally write whatever i feel like, is there any sort of useful program for guiding yourself through a series of questions?
I write whatever I want.> * am i the only one that keeps old journals but never reads them?
I have kept all of my old journals, and I tend to keep things in sort of a scrap-book fashion. While my 'journal' style things are done in bound books, lots of other stuff is in 3-ring binders which are sorted by date. Sometimes when I want to find out what was going on at a particular point of my life, I can go to the right book and find it.
I write a fair amount of poetry, and this has always gone to my journal. The poetry is related to how I am feeling, and belongs there.> * is it helpful to read what i wrote 5 years ago?
As I said above, I write poetry. I've actually had some poetry that I found in my journals published. It was interesting once to look back and find some of my psychiatric symptoms plainly stated in the journals. It's worth looking at every so often.Thanks for the survey,
Dee.
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