JOURNAL LIFE

Written by libra from the blog BECAUSE I CAN ... on 14 Sep 2007
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i used to keep a journal while in tertiary- it was my friend-all that u needed to know about my life-thoughts,feelings,fears,etc was all written down in my journal. i updated it each nite-and hid it where i hoped no one ever found-my bro was aware of it he always told me he would find it.
I felt i needed it at that point in my life cos i was on a journey of transition from teenagehood to adulthood which could be daunting at times.i do not trust easily so there are too many things i felt i would not want to share with anyone but needed to talk about them so i wrote them down.
it was a useful tool for me cos it helped deal with what life threw at me especially getting over an x i loved so much i had tough time accepting i had to let go.it was therapeautic (spelling?)in so many ways.

i had burned my journals four years back cos i felt i did not need them any longer.

bloggers have u had & do u still owe a journal-what does it mean to you-what is that u write in it, is it therapeautic to u-do u share what write in your journal with anyone else? it TVSA your journal - hi hi hi.

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16 Comments

belz
14 Sep 2007 04:00

Hey Libra, i've never had a journal, i think its because i cant keep serious things to myself, i prefer talking to someone and till today i still think talking helps. but my friend had a journal in schooll and i was dying to knw what she wrote about, but she was too protective of it.

Shadow
14 Sep 2007 04:28

I have never had one coz i always had this phobia of someone stealing it and reading all the gory details of my life's dramas and telling them to people that knows me. I would rather talk about some things with those very close to me or keep it to myself.

Toxic
14 Sep 2007 04:40

i kept a pregnancy journal and i have a moments one and capture everything from what my baby is doing, what my thoughts are on anything really and sometimes i draw the kind of outfits i wanna wear......

i love writing and a journal allows me to do just that

sjura
14 Sep 2007 05:11

i dnt really like jotting down ma thots n everything else that follows bt whn i was pregnant ma gynea(sp) gave me a pregnancy journal so i wrt everythng frm wht ma baby wz doing to wht her name would b n it also had some questioners.other than that i dnt kip journal(s) ma heart is ma journal n i also believe in talking to other people frm strangaz to frndz.n ma frndz in HS had those n i wz alwayz curious ukuba wht is it that they wrt thr cz mna i had nothng 2 wrt bwt.

Dimago
14 Sep 2007 06:00

I kept a diary in high school, and one day my brother found it. And he recited it at the table during sunday lunch. Imagine, no warning nothing..all i heard was "I love Mxolisi blah blah blah"...i never wrote anything after that!

And now that i live alone, i keep one, just to record things i go through. Instead of telling evryone my dilemmas/dramas, i write it down. I find it quiet liberating and its nice to look back and see what i've gone through.

Jordan
14 Sep 2007 06:21

I had a diary back in my teenage years. I think I put in about ten entries in it. I soon realised that what cannot be spoken about, should be kept ONLY in the head!!! Besides I always found the stuff that I have written so UM-barrassing when I read them later...

Cande
14 Sep 2007 06:28

I am always scared that somoeone might find it and find out what my secrets are, that is why i don't write anything i don't want people to find out, down.

Package
14 Sep 2007 07:04

i kept a diary all thru high school.... oh sooo much drama. i used to reread it and start fighing with my then boyfriend all over again... and start hating him again!

i recently saw my high school diary and the cover alone traumatised me and i felt sorry for my parents... i had cut outs of words form mags(eg. 'Sex',' Virgo',' is he good enuff', 'condoms'..etc) pictures of sexy cartoons with long legs, tiny skirts and huge breasts and men... and outrageous statements... oh gosh, A rebel without a cause i was! i don't know how my folks never threw it away.. together with me

then i had a diary post matric and it was lovely.... was a awesome time in my life. i'll keep it forever, i read it still and laugh and miss my mpintshis!
my boyfriend wud hate it so i have it hidden at the back of my wardrobe!

don't write anymore...

libra
14 Sep 2007 07:27

I always found the stuff that I have written so UM-barrassing when I read them later...@JOrdAN I HAD A FEW EMBARASSING NOTES AND I GUESS THAT II ANOTHER REASON I BURNT THEM TO ASHES-i keep all of my fave memories in a memory box and it looks like a shoe box so everyone it just another pair-the box is different though-i keep all those things i cherished and experinced in my life-
year book from matric-my school shirt with signatures of all my classmates-access cards from previouds employment-my first press card ...

myname
14 Sep 2007 07:56

Mna i call my self a secretive person bcoz i hate people talking behind by back. They wil judge u & said "kakade ibifana naye ke le ayenzileyo"I dont write, I only tel my freind those silly & i dont care stories. By the way i dont think i have any journal bt let mi think, i wil b back

sjura
14 Sep 2007 08:06

m sho it can really b embarisin whn u read wht u wrt n hapnd yearz back n m sho t can sumtymz brng doz nt so gud moments u also wrt dwn.

andi01
14 Sep 2007 08:17

I neva had a journal per say coz i am a very careless person, so what i had was just note books every year where i wrote my feeling but i wrote the in a poetic/ sarcastic manner with lots of irony so that even if some1 else finds it and reads it wont understand.

KeleFabulous
14 Sep 2007 09:04

i've had journals all my life but i got rid of them (except the pregnancy and after pregnancy ones)...i now regret having done that. i would have loved to one day hand them over to my great grand children

azHOT
14 Sep 2007 09:11

i keep a journal for my thoughts hopes, dreams and aspirations. friends are cool but there are things even your bestest friend can't help with.

Pru
14 Sep 2007 09:32

I used it have bt, not anymore.The thing abt journals is that sum1 always finds it & they get curious & end up reading it,especially if its those ones with locks (they would do anything to open them).But, I think its gud to keep one,it is really therapeutic.There are sumthings that you just feel ukuthi no1 understands,things that you are scared or really not sure if you should tell anybody not even friends.

Zazacious
17 Sep 2007 07:49

I also used to own one,but someone found it and i burnt it. From that day i decided the only journal i need is the one in my head (my brain)things do get hectic at times that i wish i could just write in it but neh,its not safe.I wish i could read what i used to go through in my teenage years,im sure i would lol like seriously

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