You Need A Guide For THAT?
[NOTE: The book listed as "Currently Reading" in the original Xanga post is THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO JOURNALING by Joan Neubauer. And you can easily replace "LiveJournal" for "Xanga" anywhere in the post (and vice versa) and it will make just as much sense. I decided that I didn't want to go through that much editing.]
OPEN: JANUS FILE #0079
I was at Borders a few days ago when I saw this book. I was looking for something else when I saw this particular book. The title didn't register until a few seconds later. It was only then that I will have to admit to performing a classic double-take.
My first reaction was to clean my glasses. When I put them back on, nothing had changed. There was nothing wrong with my glasses; I had been reading the title correctly.
I stared at the book for a moment or two. I even took it off the shelf and flipped through it. When I put it back on the shelf, I concluded that P.T. Barnum was grossly underestimating people when he said that there is a sucker born every minute.
Do people really need a how-to guide on keeping a journal? Is the process really that difficult to comprehend?
Granted, when I started my Xanga journal, I needed some assistance in the initial setup. But guess what? Xanga does most of that for you. All you have to do is click on the "Get Started" link on the main page, follow the instructions, and you will have your online journal ready to go in about 10 minutes or less. And I'm willing to bet that the same is true for LiveJournal, or any other site that hosts online journals. (Of course, if you're reading this, you probably already have a Xanga journal, so you already know how easy it is.)
Okay, so you have decided that, in addition to your online journal, you want something with a little more permanence. You want to keep a more traditional, handwritten journal. I can tell you how to get started with that in four easy steps:
1. Find a blank book, notebook, or sketchbook that you think will serve your purpose.
2. Find a pen or pens that you are confortable using.
3. START WRITING!
[Please note that this is the most important step.]
4. Keep Writing!
[This is almost as important as Step 3.]
See? This is not rocket science, nor is it brain surgery. Keeping a journal is easy to do; no more difficult than making entries on a Xanga site. If it will help, print this particular file, or just write down my four steps and keep them with you. I guarantee that it will cost a lot less than the $16.95 that this book costs.
CLOSE: JANUS FILES #0079
OPEN: JANUS FILE #0079
I was at Borders a few days ago when I saw this book. I was looking for something else when I saw this particular book. The title didn't register until a few seconds later. It was only then that I will have to admit to performing a classic double-take.
My first reaction was to clean my glasses. When I put them back on, nothing had changed. There was nothing wrong with my glasses; I had been reading the title correctly.
I stared at the book for a moment or two. I even took it off the shelf and flipped through it. When I put it back on the shelf, I concluded that P.T. Barnum was grossly underestimating people when he said that there is a sucker born every minute.
Do people really need a how-to guide on keeping a journal? Is the process really that difficult to comprehend?
Granted, when I started my Xanga journal, I needed some assistance in the initial setup. But guess what? Xanga does most of that for you. All you have to do is click on the "Get Started" link on the main page, follow the instructions, and you will have your online journal ready to go in about 10 minutes or less. And I'm willing to bet that the same is true for LiveJournal, or any other site that hosts online journals. (Of course, if you're reading this, you probably already have a Xanga journal, so you already know how easy it is.)
Okay, so you have decided that, in addition to your online journal, you want something with a little more permanence. You want to keep a more traditional, handwritten journal. I can tell you how to get started with that in four easy steps:
1. Find a blank book, notebook, or sketchbook that you think will serve your purpose.
2. Find a pen or pens that you are confortable using.
3. START WRITING!
[Please note that this is the most important step.]
4. Keep Writing!
[This is almost as important as Step 3.]
See? This is not rocket science, nor is it brain surgery. Keeping a journal is easy to do; no more difficult than making entries on a Xanga site. If it will help, print this particular file, or just write down my four steps and keep them with you. I guarantee that it will cost a lot less than the $16.95 that this book costs.
CLOSE: JANUS FILES #0079