What is a journal? Why should you keep a journal? Throughout the ages, many people have kept records of what they have done, or lessons they have learnt, or about experiences they have had. Without these journal made by great men and women we would have forgotten all the things that has happened and why things are the way they are today.
I have always heard they saying; each time an old person dies a library is burnt down I never understood what this meant. I have always had the good intentions of keeping a little journal and each time I started one I never really kept it going.
Your journal has the potential to be both therapist and a dear friend who listens without judging or interrupting and is open 24 hours a day. You can tell your journal things you wouldn’t dare verbalise to someone else. Writing it down takes the edge off more toxic feelings and emotions and helps you better understand what you’re feeling, freeing up thinking space to gain clarity on what to do next.
Source: https://www.psychologies.co.uk/five-reasons-why-you-should-keep-journal
A few years back I read one of my mothers journals. There were things in it that I never thought she would ever do. It was really interesting to learn from they way she approached and reacted to things that happened in her past. Recently I have wanted to know a lot more about some of my deceased family members.
I hope to one day have something to give to my children and when future generations ask who I am they will be able to read all my stories and adventures, as well as a few problems and lessons from experiences I have had.
I thought about journals for some time and what would be the best way to keep them? Often books get broken or lost and the internet seemed like the best way. But websites can be tampered with and things could still get lost or changed.
I thought of steemit and how the blockchain works, this provided the answer. Why not us steemit to keep a journal? Well that is exactly what I will be doing. I would love to see a few other people doing the same and will write a weekly journal entry. I would love to see your journal entries so please use the tag #journal.
Please feel free to suggest any random strange topics you would like me to write about. The best comment/suggestion will receive an upvote and will have their topic choice put up the following week
Just on a little side note for self improvement. I will be doing pushups, situps and squats for the amount of $$$ (ratio;$1:1) I earn on this post and will give a short feedback every day at the end of each post. This will be split in equally between all 3. Any not done will carry onto the next day.
