Anyone Here Keep a Journal?

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Yeah, I keep one, but it's in my computer, not a book. The only thing that fascinates me is going back and reading something I wrote years ago, and seeing what I was thinking at the time.

Speaking of thought processes; One thing that has captured my fascination is the observation of my literary growth.

The biggest changes took place somewhere around late 03 early 04.

When i was 22 or 23 years old, while decent... my writing skills were not half of what they are today.

I thought about recording these things on computer, not that there is anything "wrong" with doing it that way...but personally:

I enjoy the tactile sense of the pages and the leather cover. I also think that more value will be placed on such a hand me down when my son or grandson holds with his own hands the very journals i once held in my own... additionally, the reader can probably relate on a more personal note with hand written text vs. electronic means of recording.

One has no way of knowing. Perhaps some distant relative 100 years from now will be reading what i had written. perhaps the whole set of journals - by now a prized possession - may be destroyed in a house fire (as they so nearly were).

I know i would do nearly anything to have a set of journals spanning a decade or more from my Grandfather or those before him.