tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post5469947897746630623..comments2023-03-27T04:59:07.801-06:00Comments on My Soul Delighteth: 365 Days in my JournalBeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01667724269493668949noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post-70982790707684462212012-07-18T14:27:14.518-06:002012-07-18T14:27:14.518-06:00That is such a great idea! I love it! I will join!...That is such a great idea! I love it! I will join! You should make a little button to put on peoples' blogs saying that they're doing the "365 Challenge", or whatever. I would put it on mine! ;) That would be cool.<br /><br />I really love the message that your aunt shared about needing to write to become a writer. I like that, because there will probably be some writing in my future. :D<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this!Whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07432274344554848323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post-10147933605771332482012-07-13T14:49:41.732-06:002012-07-13T14:49:41.732-06:00What a great challenge. I used to be much better a...What a great challenge. I used to be much better at keeping a journal before i had a blog. But there are so many things that cant be shared on a blog that i should be recording. I might try this because it would be good for me.Heather@Women in the Scriptureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13840219710920268885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post-13099378113775482692012-07-10T20:56:25.899-06:002012-07-10T20:56:25.899-06:00I tried to do a daily gratitude journal a couple o...I tried to do a daily gratitude journal a couple of summers ago. I stopped when I went back to school. It was wonderful and something I need in my life now so I am in.melissa smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07233580267740364111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post-88160128209964003422012-07-10T14:56:03.630-06:002012-07-10T14:56:03.630-06:00Journalling keeps me sane, for sure. I am the type...Journalling keeps me sane, for sure. I am the type of person that can't solidify her thoughts without working them through first; if I'm talking to my husband about a problem, the solution will come to me mid-sentence. It never occurred to me before I spoke it outloud! Writing has the same affect.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the muscles in my hand have atrophied since my school days! I can't write more than a few pages without feeling kinda sore. :)RaisinCookieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535769533171380304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post-9173619243439139182012-07-10T11:05:59.218-06:002012-07-10T11:05:59.218-06:00This is why I think we are secret twins. Your who...This is why I think we are secret twins. Your whole parts about being writerly in high school, and then now, and... yeah. I'm with you. I've got a blog I've written in since I was 15 which is more of a private journal now. And then I write in my paper journals. <br /><br />But my only writerly outlet these days is my blog, and Facebook. Which kind of sucks, but then sometimes I'll write a great post and be like WOW I AM A GENIUS. But most of the time that doesn't happen. However, I go back and read my old blog a lot, and think "holy crap I am so clever/smart/genius/writerly!........what happened?" <br /><br />Yay writing. Yay journals. My mom has 12 or so journals she kept during her teen years and I loved reading them. They really taught me stuff about my mom. I keep mine around so I can show my posterity how NOT to be. Ugh. <br /><br />Also I second the recommendation of These Is My Words.Krislinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07323048843568458474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post-54977034806385212212012-07-10T09:44:54.268-06:002012-07-10T09:44:54.268-06:00I have a box of about fifteen journals from the ti...I have a box of about fifteen journals from the time my mom started one for me when I was eight. The journal entries during my mission were long and full and wonderful. The ones since becoming a mother of five kids are often month long synopsis, trying not to completely lose the plot of what has actually happened. My blog is a mix of things I think and a family journal. I agree with you that I am much more sane when I am writing every day. But life happens. I love the book These is My Words--a book written in journal form about a woman in the Arizona frontier. Her jounalings skip whole time periods, even years because of what was going on. I can relate. Sometimes my heart is so full I have to write and sometimes my life is so full there just isn't time or solitude. Many times it is both and that is when I am insane. When I get frustrated with my inability to keep up, I try to remember the adage to be gentle with myself. And that any effort no matter how imperfect is an effort to be lauded.Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04373394125196084799noreply@blogger.com