Anyone Here Keep a Journal?

GoldenRivet · 11-05-10, 05:01 PM

Back in 2002 i purchased a nice leather bound journal similar to that seen above to "chronicle my life experiences" not only for posterity, but for the reflective value of looking back on times past in detail and to see if it was something i could "stick with" for any length of time.

So far i have filled 12 volumes spanning 8 years, about one year shy of the length of time i have been married. I have recorded virtually every day... and in some rare cases one or two days per month of the past eight years.

I should imagine one day when i am no longer of this world it would make a nice heirloom perhaps.

So far i have recorded things like:

my first time as a CFI to solo a student pilot

A record of the gift exchange of the first Christmas my wife and i shared together as a married couple under our tiny pathetic Christmas tree.

The Shuttle Columbia Explosion shaking me out of bed with Sketches of a crude map of the subsequent "No Fly Zone"

Talk of my limited assistance with the search for Debris from the shuttle disaster. and a sketch of a rather large chunk we found (about the size of a refrigerator door)

My first interviews with the airlines

a midnight emergency 41,000 ft above Nashville

and many other interesting events.

Does anyone else here keep journals?

11-05-10, 05:01 PM	#1
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Anyone Here Keep a Journal? Back in 2002 i purchased a nice leather bound journal similar to that seen above to "chronicle my life experiences" not only for posterity, but for the reflective value of looking back on times past in detail and to see if it was something i could "stick with" for any length of time. So far i have filled 12 volumes spanning 8 years, about one year shy of the length of time i have been married. I have recorded virtually every day... and in some rare cases one or two days per month of the past eight years. I should imagine one day when i am no longer of this world it would make a nice heirloom perhaps. So far i have recorded things like: my first time as a CFI to solo a student pilot A record of the gift exchange of the first Christmas my wife and i shared together as a married couple under our tiny pathetic Christmas tree. The Shuttle Columbia Explosion shaking me out of bed with Sketches of a crude map of the subsequent "No Fly Zone" Talk of my limited assistance with the search for Debris from the shuttle disaster. and a sketch of a rather large chunk we found (about the size of a refrigerator door) My first interviews with the airlines a midnight emergency 41,000 ft above Nashville and many other interesting events. Does anyone else here keep journals? __________________