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| Do you keep a diary or a journal? | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 26 2012, 01:25 PM (69 Views) | |
| Charles Cerebella | Nov 26 2012, 01:25 PM Post #1 |
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This is something I've been thinking about asking but I just saw this in the New York Times, Room for Debate section that I thought would help stimulate the discussion more: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/11/25/will-diaries-be-published-in-2050 (the individual articles on the right are all quite short and worth reading). So do you keep a diary or a journal either online or on paper? As a historian, something that has increasingly struct me is both the importance of journals to posterity in seeing how a person develops and thinks over time, even if there is a degree of inevitable self-editing involved which can be revealing in and of itself, and the value of one to yourself in helping to formulate and organise your own thoughts. We are in an age where our attention spans are plummeting and we are bombarded with vastly more information than even ten years ago let alone 20, 50 or 100 years ago. In light of that people often find it hard to sit down and devote the time to contemplating and organising their own thoughts about things. A journal is an incredibly useful tool in doing that, allowing you to not only record on paper for future reference your thoughts and emotions (as well as for posterity be it yourself in 50 years or your children or grandchildren both of whom would love to read a record of even the mundane details of your life. Just think how interested you would be in reading a grandparent's account of their early life) but also in giving yourself the time to meditate over things even if you don't like traditional meditation. Personally I have been keeping a paper journal since August. Though I have been a little lax in recent weeks due to various week long long stints staying at my girlfriends, as well as the stresses of moving house, for most of the time I have wrote an entry daily before I go to bed. Generally speaking there is nothing insightful or profound in what I say, though I do sometimes mull over political events, my thoughts on trends in the world and consider my research and my thoughts of it, but nevertheless there is still the daily toing-and-froings to write down so I'm never short of things to write. So, do you keep a diary or a journal? Do you wish you did if you don't? And do you think the whole thing is worthwhile or an antiquated practice? If you are interested in starting one check out this article from the very cool Art of Manliness website http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/07/30-days-to-a-better-man-day-8-start-a-journal/ |
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His Grace, Charles Cerebella Jarl of Copenhagen Third King of Balder Other Stuff
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| Fuzzy | Nov 26 2012, 02:35 PM Post #2 |
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Owl says who?
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I've always thought about keeping one, but I never got round to it. I agree in thinking that it's a valuable recording tool for future generations, so maybe one day I'll convince myself to start one. |
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