Comments on: What to do with old journals or diaries

By: Kate Darktea

Kate Darktea — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 11:47:43 +0000

In reply to Linda Ford. Linda, thank you for the comment. I haven't looked back on them for a few years, but I'm thinking of starting again this year.

By: Linda Ford

Linda Ford — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 10:40:01 +0000

In reply to Kate Darktea. 21 November is my birthday, so that is why your post caught my eye. I think if you decide to keep on or not with journaling, it would be rewarding for you to keep the actual journal to read in the future. It is a good way to remember how you were, versus where you are now, how far you have come, how much you have endured or accomplished. It will surprise you on how much you will remember upon reading it again, I wish you well whatever you decide.

By: Kate Darktea

Kate Darktea — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 07:04:27 +0000

In reply to Jean.

It is so hard. In the past I’ve been against binning them because of the historical records in them. But as I get older I’m starting to question that, although I’m not ready to throw mine away yet. I started sharing snippets out of mine 25 years after the event, but I stopped as I didn’t enjoy reading about my school days. I wonder if your astrologer friend is correct that getting rid of them would free up energy or whether reading them and owning events in my past would make me stronger.

Have you decided what to do with yours?

By: Jean

Jean — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:07:06 +0000

Here it is 7/24/19. Old post to be sure but at 83 I’m wondering what to do with 50 years of journaling. I kept a diary before I was married but for some reason burned them. Now I have 15 filled notebooks and a bunch of soft cover ones. The shredder truck is coming to the park in the middle of August. I was all gung ho about having my journals shredded but now that the time has come I feel like it’s my life and who would I be without them. It feels like cutting off one arm. I know that isn’t true. I told my husband if I die before him to shred them. I’m pretty sure he isn’t interested in reading the. Years ago my astrologer friend said if I got rid of them I’d be freeing up some old energy and feel better. The thing is, if I do get rid of them I’ll never be able to get them back. I wish I could decide and feel good about it.

I also blog and was thinking about blogging the journals but it feels like too much effort.

By: Kate Darktea

Kate Darktea — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 20:48:30 +0000

In reply to kerotamalover. Well done on keeping a journal for so long. I was not very consistent when I was 11, although you can't necessarily tell that as I used to go back and write the day up later! My advice is to not decide when you're going to stop. At some point you're likely to take a break and at that point decide if you miss writing and if so go back to it and if not stop. There have been long periods of time when I haven't written, and then I've started again when I wanted to.

By: kerotamalover

kerotamalover — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 02:52:33 +0000

I’m 14 and I’ve been keeping a journal since I was 11. I was thinking of stopping on 21 November 2023, (2023 is the year I graduate high school and 21 November is the day I started my first journal) But, now that I have seen this, I’m considering continuing journaling even after I graduated high school. I don’t know though, honestly..

By: Joan WALDNER

Joan WALDNER — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 20:10:22 +0000

I keep a diary, however, I use a viisualization diary. That means I don’t just write, I color, draw, stickers, cut from magazines then paste, whatever is on my mind that day or memory. For example on one of the first pages for 2018 I have 2 Owls I drew a tree, since they were a sticker I put them on a branch. It represent my daughter and I since we love owls. She helped me work on it. She has her own diary I encourage her to write a paragraph every night or draw. She is on the spectrum and ADHD it helps before bed. We use visualization a lot so we believe In Diaries. Sometimes we share sometimes we don’t.

By: Div

Div — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 15:18:43 +0000

Don’t enter any details about your whereabouts or who you are. Go on a trip and leave it on a public transport. Whoever finds it will read it but will never know who you are or where to find you. You’ll forever be a puzzle that can’t be solved.

By: Kate Darktea

Kate Darktea — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 09:13:59 +0000

In reply to Monica. Hello Monica, that is a lovely idea. I know my mother in law writes a diary and I'm sure there are lots of lovely memories about my children in there. The best ways I know to preserve a diary are to use dark ink and keep the book away from the light so hopefully keeping it in a safety deposit box will be enough in terms of the writing. Although you may want to consider wrapping it in something to protect the edges of the book if it moves around in the box.

By: Monica

Monica — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:20:44 +0000

I kept I Diary/journal this past year for my new granddaughter of her first year of life. I plan to put it in my safety deposit box for her to get when I’m gone. I’m just wondering if I can leave it like it is or if I should wrap it in plastic or what actually would preserve it the best. Any ideas?