Ask Lemmy

I have been journaling for 50 years or so (started as a little 7 year-old boy and I'm now nearing my 60s). My life is not remarkable, and I don't much tings out of the ordinary. I journal for various reasons:

• As a child, as a way to escape the... painful situation I was in
• Then, very quickly, after I realized the amazing power writing was giving me, to outsmart my mother and his need to control me.
• Then, journaling had already become a habit. I just do it (or don't do it, some times for very long period of time I will not care about journaling and I consider this fine too)

I now journal to put some order in my head and to keep a record of things and stuff around me. As a record, I feel no need to write long paragraphs. Heck, I even record the weather and... my mood, in a single word or two, sorry the pictures of my journals are in French (I write it mostly in French) but you can get the idea. As for putting order in my head, it depends: it will be long or short depending what I'm writing about, I don't care provided it helps me ;)

Btw, the link I shared goes to a journaling community I'm the admin of. Feel free to join and to participate: you're more than welcome. Even though it looks a bit too sleepy for teh time being, like I promised a few months ago, I should be able to start again investing some time in it soonish, The things that are still keeping me busy are just more demanding than expected ;)