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-----------------------------------------------------------| Journalling and Poetry -----------------------------------------------------------| I've decided to start journalling today. I've never been much of a journaller. I did it a couple of times before, but never really stuck to it. I'm going to try to journal at least every other day, if not every day. Many of my days are very uneventful - much of my time is spent alone in my room - which is perhaps why I've found it a bit hard to journal. Also, I think pouring out my feelings in poetry and talking with people here at the Zaibatsu and Circumlunar Space has helped me to be more open about myself and my feelings, which I think is making it easier for me to write things down, especially very personal things. I've done quite a bit of research on journalling many different times throughout the past because this is something that I've always considered. Journalling has many benefits and is often used as therapy. Also, if you write in cursive, there's another interesting aspect to physically writing things down, which is that your handwriting can reveal your emotions during the time of the writing (called Handwriting Analysis). I've also, as some of you may have noticed, been ramping up the frequency of my posts here on my gopherlog. I've especially been writing more poetry, and this poetry has been more personal or more revealing of some ideas I've always thought about but never wrote down. That's something I do often - I think about a lot of things, a lot of it are questions, but I never write any of it down, so I often forget about some of the things I've said to myself, including things I wish I wrote down. So hopefully with this journal, I'll start writing my philosophical/personal ideas down. Another aspect of journalling that I often hear from people who journal is the fact that you are able to look back at your writing to see what you've written and how you've felt. Honestly, this doesn't appeal to me *that* much because I don't like thinking about my past much, if at all. Perhaps this is because I only think about writing the bad things. But I suppose if there are good things, then looking back on these would be enjoyable. Now I just need good things... This reminds me of an interesting paradox. I love reading, watching, and listening to "depressing" or sad things. I also love happy things, funny things, romantic things, etc. And I often get wrapped into these stories, giving my full attention and feelings to them. However, if that was the case, then why can't I do this about my past? Idk... but it's an interesting thought.