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> Do you write your thoughts down? No. But I'd be interested to hear why people would. What is the appeal? (serious question)

• Mz 12y ago
  Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. -- George Santayana The unexamined life is not worth living. -- Socrates I've done a lot of journaling. I frequently recommend it to others. Among other things, it helps me keep myself out of my own way.
• brudgers 12y ago
  There are several reasons I've kept a journal: + Writing is thinking. + I believe it makes my writing better, even if only via the additional practice. + Journaling has been, at times, a sanity check. Writing about some craziness in my life provides a way to stop ruminating over it. + Journaling is a great way to explore ideas that I have. Over the past three months or so. I've focused more on journaling as a writing and exploration tool and much less as a safety valve over observations of meanness or stupidity in the world or some sadness I might experience. Those things are easy to write passionately about, however I'm generating enough ideas I feel passionate about that I don't need to tap that resource.