Ive tried SO MANY times to keep one in writing in a notebook but I worry about that too...that sort of permanacy, that it will seem stupid. Somehow LJ writing seems less daunting and its less labor intensive to type. im fully aware it will all sound stupid but ive just come to accept that. even the next day things sound stupid and wildly emotional or out of proportion.
But this is a journal! Ok, it's online, and people read it, so it's not really the dear-diary sort of journal where you can just wave a wand at your head, pull out the thoughts and put them into the pensieve... oh wait, that's not a journal either - that's just one of those things in Harry Potter that I really wish existed. I don't have a paper journal either. I started a notebook to give to Paige when she's older, as something that I've written that's just for her, and the intent was to record her milestones and stuff about her and our family, but I've been really bad about writing in that. I keep thinking that there's so much that I need to catch up on, but in waiting to get a chance to write about those, I inevitably miss the next thing.
I am exceedingly aware that this particular journal is public, and that I am "performing" for an audience - and while I put some personal stuff here, mostly this is a "professional" sort of endeavor. What you see here is a persona - one that is drawn from me, and is not essentially false, but it's not exactly me, either - it's like the difference between public and private voice that Bruce describes so well in the opening chapter of his marvelous book.
I know just what you mean about the baby/childhood stuff. I didn't do it at all because I wanted to do something grand and never had the time. Now I wish I'd done anything at all. So perhaps 2-3 lines once a month or so is easier to accomplish than a massive essay, and will be something you both can look back on later. (E.g., "You started crawling like a soldier this month, using your elbows and sliding on your belly" could be just enough, and is better than nothing at all.)
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Happy Birthday:):)
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Ok, it's online, and people read it, so it's not really the dear-diary sort of journal where you can just wave a wand at your head, pull out the thoughts and put them into the pensieve... oh wait, that's not a journal either - that's just one of those things in Harry Potter that I really wish existed.
I don't have a paper journal either. I started a notebook to give to Paige when she's older, as something that I've written that's just for her, and the intent was to record her milestones and stuff about her and our family, but I've been really bad about writing in that. I keep thinking that there's so much that I need to catch up on, but in waiting to get a chance to write about those, I inevitably miss the next thing.
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I know just what you mean about the baby/childhood stuff. I didn't do it at all because I wanted to do something grand and never had the time. Now I wish I'd done anything at all. So perhaps 2-3 lines once a month or so is easier to accomplish than a massive essay, and will be something you both can look back on later. (E.g., "You started crawling like a soldier this month, using your elbows and sliding on your belly" could be just enough, and is better than nothing at all.)
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