It’s one of those things I’ve never talked about with other people, the most I’ve really been exposed to journal keeping in pop culture is Doug Funny. People don’t talk about their personal journals.
Ever since I was a teenager I’ve sometimes felt compelled to write about major events, and over the years this has become the habit of keeping a journal that I write in almost every day, and sometimes I go back and read old entries. “What was I doing this time last year?” I also sometimes keep notes or such intentionally for future reference.
So, if you keep a journal, do you go back and read it? Why?
The closest thing I have are my online profiles from Reddit and now here. And yep, I do read back on my conversations for the most part.
While it doesn’t quite fit what an actual journal is, it is interesting to read back and remember what my state of mind was or what I knew at the time I wrote what I did. Of course, like anyone else, I run the full gambit from being insightful to being stupid.
I did use another profle for when I quit drinking. I used it as an actual journal to document what I was feeling and what I was going through. So, it helped me and I think it helped others that read it.