the past is gone
I've been deleting old entires after cutting and pasting them into Word so I can print out a journal from the past however long. And I've gotten through more than 100 of the entries, but some of the stuff ... causes me to wonder how much we're allowed to edit when it comes to our own lives.
Like, just because I look back now and don't like something that happened, should I delete it? There are a lot of pointless entries in here, quizzes and things, and those I don't save - but what about the ones with now-uncomfortable content? How much should I censor my journal? Because those feelings were real at the time, and yet ...
So I stopped cutting and pasting for now, because I just wanted to delete. And now I have to figure out if I really want to delete, or if it's just the gut reaction to something that should actually be remembered so as not to be repeated.
Like, just because I look back now and don't like something that happened, should I delete it? There are a lot of pointless entries in here, quizzes and things, and those I don't save - but what about the ones with now-uncomfortable content? How much should I censor my journal? Because those feelings were real at the time, and yet ...
So I stopped cutting and pasting for now, because I just wanted to delete. And now I have to figure out if I really want to delete, or if it's just the gut reaction to something that should actually be remembered so as not to be repeated.