Have you ever kept a personal diary? As I look back on my life, that was never really my thing. I don't know why because I love to write. I think about writing every single day of my life. When I have a moment to myself I think to myself...you need to write. Then I don't because I put pressure on myself and can't come up with a thing. A week or so ago I was searching around looking for creative writing ideas and a personal diary came up. DUH!!! I have kept a prayer journal, I have kept a journal of favorite devotionals, I have been blogging for years but never did I think about actually documenting my thoughts and feelings on paper. So I have begun. I have a lovely hard bound black book somewhere leftover from school with blank pages. Do you think I can find it? No, so I found a plain old black notebook to start, nothing fancy. I love it! I look forward to it each day. To sit with paper and a pen and just to write without worrying who will critique me...or better yet, I don't critique myself. Whatever is on my mind that day is what I write about. Sometimes I get interrupted and then my thoughts fly out of my head as quickly as they enter. But what a lovely time it is to have those few moments alone, just me and my thoughts and my journal.
If you haven't tried it...it makes an excellent writing exercise...It makes me totally free to be me.
Wishing you a lovely evening!
I was just thinking about this yesterday - the journal thing. I came across a calendar from last year and cringed when I saw all the things written there (it was the year my dad died). I've never kept a journal because I hate going back to memories I don't want to have. I used to keep prayer journals, but it seemed that I always had the same concerns year after year. I think I'm just one of those people that like to move forward and I don't want to re-live anything. However, the ironic thing is - my blog is just that! I've got almost 6-7 years of journal here for everyone to see! Silly, huh?
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