Why have you abandoned your journal? - 11/04/13 11:27 PM
For many years from 1999 until 2011, I was THE most dedicated journal keeper ever. Pick any day during that time and guaranteed I have a journal entry if not 3 or 4.
Then in 2011, I began to write about my goals on a goal setting website and that was the end of my hand written journal. Today I went to write in my journal and lasted about 5 minutes or so before I thought of something else I had to do. I went and did whatever and I’m just realizing now that I never got back to my journal.
It is not that I don’t have the time. I was the most dedicated to my journal during the busiest time of my entire life.
I think it has to do with the fact that my handwritten journal is not searchable like a document or something online. Also it’s not neat and structured like say writing a forum post about a specific topic. Once I write something in my journal, it just kind of gets buried in the journal, which makes what I write difficult to use.
Still I think journaling is an awesome self-help practice. I will re-dedicate myself to it again one day.