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Is there really something interesting and worth journaling every day in every person's life? I keep hearing that lately. My great grandmother journals every day supposedly, even if it is just to write about the weather.
My weekend has been busier than I am used to, a bbq on Saturday with a gathering of strangers and my sisters birthday party tonight. However, despite all that business I can't really think of any one bit to write about. Not that it was a boring weekend but I have difficulty thinking of something worthy of picking out.

Today was hot and humid.

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desire and habit form the basis for journaling everyday. The desire maybe for many purposes. Habit speaks for itself. It is narcotic for the soul.

Sometimes it's not so much what you say, it's how you say it and what you think about it. Other times it's just to write down all those little things that happen so that you can look back and see how life was at that point.

You know that I make insignificant posts, but when I feel like writing, I can still think of something to say about those insignificant things. I can be bad about things because I don't feel like writing, and the longer I go without writing the less I want to, but it is true. If you can't find something to write about, it's only because you're not really trying.

i've quoted you in my journal.

I'll take that as a compliment. I had Rainer Maria Rilke in mind while writing that comment:

If your everyday life seems poor, don't blame it; blame yourself; admit to yourself that you are not enough of a poet to call forth its riches; because for the creator there is not poverty and no poor, indifferent place.

I just wish I could do better at that myself some days.

see? also lovely, i don't believe i've seen that quote before. have added you as a friend, i hope you don't mind. :)

No, of course I don't mind. Hell, I feel almost as though I should apologize. For all my talk, I haven't been motivated to post anything interesting lately.

And now I will have to go add you, then make lots of comments asking to see everything.

no worries, there's nothing quite so procrastination-inducing as feeling the need to perform in one's own journal, i have found in my own life. so most of the posts i make are for myself, even if i often address them to my outside audience.

For me, it's more that I worry about writing well. Not just for others, but for myself. It's like the Rilke quote: I know quite well that if I really try and I feel motivated, I can write much better even if I haven't done much worth writing about. I just can't often push myself to do so. Others reading my posts are only a minor concern to me; I've managed to convince myself that nobody actually reads my journal. Self-deprecating that may be, but it's also less pressure.

I was also reminded that it is an excellent idea to journal in the morning before doing anything else, even if it is just nonsense babble, because it is a good way to get all the muck out of the way so that the rest of your day can be enjoyed muck free and more carefree.

I should try that more often. The brief period I get alone in the morning is usually spent waking up.

oh yeah... I was going to add to this.... sorry for the delay!

The idea is to get rid of all the negative energy first. I used to take a moment or two on the companies clock when I had a more private office. haven't done much of that myself either! (not a morning person myself!)

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