i've only been journaling for about the last seven years. i hope that someday, someone will learn something about me from them. or...... they will throw them in the dumpster/burn pile when i'm gone! lol it makes me feel better to write stuff down, so i guess thats why i do it.--karen
@lifeontheWink - Hi Karen, That's why I write too... because it helps me... to relieve pressure, to sort my thoughts, to unburden my mind, to find clarity... to leave behind some wisdom also. What I have often contemplated is having a big bonfire burning of all my journals... just to let all that stuff go... a sort of purging... a clean start... a symbolic giving of everything up to God... but I haven't brought myself to do it... and now, why am I so bothered about having all of my Xanga journaling lost? I know along the way I have had some important insights... good things to share... but who will ever care enough to read what I have written? That's the question... why do I care to save... and why do I care if all that I have written on Xanga is lost?
a few years ago i went through a really really really hard time when all three kids married and moved out in a couple year period. all of a sudden i had time to think about my life and what i wanted it to be. i worked through a lot of issues in those notebooks. i said everything i should have said and just plain got ugly. needless to say, when i got to the other side of my crazy time i went back and read through that notebook. it just made me weep and i really felt like to keep those words would mean that i wasn't moving on. so i ripped them out and shredded them. it was a very good decision. now i try to journal the positive things in life. always try to look on the bright side. but with honesty. --karen
I save mine because there are a lot of precious moments I want to remember and my children might read through them someday. Maybe I'll write a book.
For me.
My xanga is now safely tucked away on an external hard drive, thanks to Macy. I'm not for sure, but there might be a couple of my kids who would enjoy my words for later. I believe there are some things that are brought to light alter, because of the words we took the time to journal. Maybe it will bring revelation in a later time. Or maybe they will copy over it to save their music. hahaha!
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i've only been journaling for about the last seven years. i hope that someday, someone will learn something about me from them. or...... they will throw them in the dumpster/burn pile when i'm gone! lol it makes me feel better to write stuff down, so i guess thats why i do it.--karen
@lifeontheWink - Hi Karen, That's why I write too... because it helps me... to relieve pressure, to sort my thoughts, to unburden my mind, to find clarity... to leave behind some wisdom also.
What I have often contemplated is having a big bonfire burning of all my journals... just to let all that stuff go... a sort of purging... a clean start... a symbolic giving of everything up to God... but I haven't brought myself to do it...
and now, why am I so bothered about having all of my Xanga journaling lost?
I know along the way I have had some important insights... good things to share...
but who will ever care enough to read what I have written? That's the question...
why do I care to save... and why do I care if all that I have written on Xanga is lost?
a few years ago i went through a really really really hard time when all three kids married and moved out in a couple year period. all of a sudden i had time to think about my life and what i wanted it to be. i worked through a lot of issues in those notebooks. i said everything i should have said and just plain got ugly. needless to say, when i got to the other side of my crazy time i went back and read through that notebook. it just made me weep and i really felt like to keep those words would mean that i wasn't moving on. so i ripped them out and shredded them. it was a very good decision. now i try to journal the positive things in life. always try to look on the bright side. but with honesty. --karen
I save mine because there are a lot of precious moments I want to remember and my children might read through them someday.
Maybe I'll write a book. 
For me.
My xanga is now safely tucked away on an external hard drive, thanks to Macy. I'm not for sure, but there might be a couple of my kids who would enjoy my words for later. I believe there are some things that are brought to light alter, because of the words we took the time to journal. Maybe it will bring revelation in a later time. Or maybe they will copy over it to save their music. hahaha!