One thing that has always stopped me form writing a journal was the glaring fact that I was never going to get around to reading older entries, and therefore why was I keeping them around to be stumbled upon. I agree that venting your thoughts is generally helpful but my original point was recently validated when a family member was hospitalized and requested that their journals be destroyed immediately. I did so without peaking, but if I were to keep a journal I would have one rule: Burn after writing.
Agree, I would actually want to revisit the experiences of the past, human memory is very tricky and it helps to have things written out to revisit how you felt about something.
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One thing that has always stopped me form writing a journal was the glaring fact that I was never going to get around to reading older entries, and therefore why was I keeping them around to be stumbled upon. I agree that venting your thoughts is generally helpful but my original point was recently validated when a family member was hospitalized and requested that their journals be destroyed immediately. I did so without peaking, but if I were to keep a journal I would have one rule: Burn after writing.
The exact opposite is also valid. Notable examples start with Anne Frank's diary right?
Agree, I would actually want to revisit the experiences of the past, human memory is very tricky and it helps to have things written out to revisit how you felt about something.
Of course, but my daily gripings deserve incineration.