do you write in a journal?

[tigerlilly01]

I use to write in a journal all the time .... until my NOW EX-husband found it and took the entire day off work so he could stay home and read it!!!!! He was a horrible person and I am thankful he is no longer in my life.  I am now married to a wonderful man but something inside me will not let me keep a journal ..... even though I know my husband would never break that trust. 

So .....do you keep a journal? 

[Elizabethar]

I never have kept a journal.

[marieelissa]

No but I have tried on many occasions.

[bjohnson16]

I write in a jounal every night it helps me relax.  It also gives me a chance to work thru my thoughts.

[angie828]

No I do not write in a journal but I should.  My mother kept one towards the end of her life and I loved reading it. It means a lot to me and I guess maybe someday mine would mean a lot to someone.

[robin1128]

I use to keep a journal but my husband keep wanted to read it, so I burned it.

[mommagoes]

i've never kept a journal. i di dhave an anonymous blog for awhile but i eventually lost interest in that. my life is very simple and predictably scheduled so there's not much to write about anyway. plus, i have always been the cautious type and have never written, typed or recorded anything that might be held against me in a negative way at any point in the future

[emiyasato]

No, I have never kept a journal, but I guess I use forums like this one to express my thoughts.  Use technology, it's anonymous (or can be) and so maybe this could help to express your thoughts. 

[ROBERTAMAY]

yes i am thinking of writing one for my grandchildren to see

[dreamongirl]

sometimes i write on my laptop because i hate writing. but haven't in a while

[torch71]

I do keep a journal, especially when feeling stressed...lol.  Helps me clear my mind, sleep better, also provides those little aha moments. I think all should give it a try...very revealing.

[inkfire]

I keep a blog online to record what happens each day, then I occasionally write my own, private thoughts in a composition notebook I hide in my room.

[cloudsoup]

I use to keep a journal but my husband keep wanted to read it, so I burned it.

hahah! too funny.

i used to keep a journal, but the sad thing is, i felt like
i could never truly write what i wanted to and let it all
out because of someone stumbling upon it and getting
hurt feelings/angry/etc. once its on paper or somehow
recorded, you have no defense...

i love to write, though. i keep little snippets of my writing
and i have a lot of poetry/prose that i like to look back on.
i have a good way of hiding all the things i REALLY want to
say, into metaphors or similes.

[TaintedLust]

I've kept a journal for years. My boyfriend never reads It but knows I don't mind If he does.

[lvstephanie]

I had a creative writing course in which we were required to keep a journal -- write in it for 15 minutes straight each day. But it was more like SherylsShado said, where it was more about whatever came to our heads instead of a daily account of our life. The idea was more to loosen our minds to the creative juices. I actually liked it towards the end of the course... I could really see how writing each day really did allow for creative thoughts to just flow through. Perhaps if I were to become a writer I may go back to keeping a journal, but right now, the FC forums are the way I let my creative hair down.