Keeping A Journal

So I am considering starting to keep a journal, to hopefully write in daily, about how my day went how I feel and all those sorts of things to try and help clear my mind a little and maybe even allow me to more easily see things and figure things out about my self, stuff that for the most part would probably be quite boring and not something that others would necessarily want to read, so have no fear I don't plan on turning my blog into any more of a journal then it already is. But I was wondering if any of my readers keep a journal, and if you do what do you do to stick with it? As I have tried to keep a journal at multiple points in the past with out a whole lot of luck, even though I found quite often simply putting the thoughts down on paper is almost therapeutic in a way. Not only that but it is also a much more privet format one in which I am not nearly as bound to worry about proper grammar or my lack of spelling abilities.

But also don't fear that this spells the demise for my blog, as it most certainly dose not, and if even a fraction of my hope is meet, indeed it would provided some fuel for this blog, and possibly help provide some clarity to me over issue that I have brought up in this blog that I an dealing with. Besides you never know having some clearly laid out ideas that one can easily reflect back on might even help my blogging abilities, as there will always be things that I want to share with others, even if they are things that I might not yet be ready to share face to face every one yet! So if any of you guys out there have an tips about keeping a journal/diary I would be quite interested in them. As always thank you for fallowing along with me on this crazy journey threw life.

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