On Journals

I would like to start writing in a journal every day. I'm not sure how I will accomplish this at this time. I'm just so busy with a full time job, school, church callings, and my family, that I haven't made it a priority. I used to write in a journal daily during my time as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. While some entries were very short with maybe a sentence or two, some were pages long. I filled up two journals and grew to love it! It was my haven; a place outside of the influence of other human beings. In the realm of my journal, I let go of grudges and jealousy, ranted about some of my rotten companions that refused to work, and improved my ability to write.

As a missionary, I didn't have the luxury of a computer to type out my entries. Every entry was hand written. It was painstaking. I had horrible handwriting, (and still do), which led to pain in my wrists after just a sentence or two. Imagine writing an essay by hand all throughout grade, middle, and high school with that sort of pain. I'm sure some teacher in my past attempted to correct my handwriting style. But I don't remember. It didn't matter anyway. I fell in love with computers at an early age and taught myself how to type.

Looking back on my journal, I noticed many flaws and crossed out words. What can I say, I'm a perfectionist with writing. If a word doesn't fit, it gets the axe. That's why I love computers so much. They allow me to quickly and invisibly get rid of words, sentences, and even whole paragraphs that don't fit into the context of the rest of the journal entry. I can also type much faster than I can write. Forget about handwritten blogs. It won't happen. This blog entry took me 20 minutes to write. I shudder with fear when I think about writing this by hand.


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