Great Men Keep Journals

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Post by robjama » Tue, Jan 11, 2011, 7:26 PM UTC

Great Men Keep Journals
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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 11, 2011, 7:52 PM UTC

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Post by sabatier » Tue, Jan 11, 2011, 7:56 PM UTC

I used to keep a journal and found it very therapeutic writing my innermost thoughts and then as I got older I'd laugh at the things that stressed me out when I was younger. Then my mum found it one day and started reading it and that put an end to it... I've tried doing it online but it's just not the same as writing it in a beautifully bound journal and flicking through the pages.

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Post by warbee » Tue, Jan 11, 2011, 8:38 PM UTC

I love blank books. I feel like there's so much potential to fill it with random thoughts, ideas, doodles. Most of all, I have a greater appreciation for just being able to exercise my handwriting. I feel like that is the one skill I have taken for granted since school. Granted it's much faster to type down my thoughts, but I take greater pleasure in trying to decipher--if not improve--my handwriting.

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Post by dabent » Tue, Jan 11, 2011, 9:09 PM UTC

I used to journal for years and stopped. Then I messed with OhLife (a YC startup) and kept going with it. I'm not connected with them other than being a user, but if you're online anyway, it's a pretty handy tool to keep a journal. http://ohlife.com/

It's also a good example of a clean design and user experience.

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Post by wccrawford » Tue, Jan 11, 2011, 9:13 PM UTC

Sounds to me like he just failed to find any great men that didn't keep a journal. It's by no means a common trait among them.

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Post by chevas » Tue, Jan 11, 2011, 9:25 PM UTC

sabatier wrote: post #3

I used to keep a journal and found it very therapeutic writing my innermost thoughts and then as I got older I'd laugh at the things that stressed me out when I was younger. Then my mum found it one day and started reading it and that put an end to it... I've tried doing it online but it's just not the same as writing it in a beautifully bound journal and flicking through the pages.

There is a difference between writing on a computer vs. a pen and paper is. Professional counselors who recommend journaling have long noted that many of their patients explain a disconnect when journaling digitally vs. analog.

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Post by theprodigy » Tue, Jan 11, 2011, 9:26 PM UTC

Journaling is very good for the mind. I have a lot of random thoughts and theories about business, life, politics, science,etc that I love to document. Writing it down forces you to think out my ideas into something coherent.It's fun to look back in your jounal and see what you were right or wrong about. And for some reason it is an emotional release.

I use a livescribe pen to jounal. Stores everything I write down digitally.

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Post by elviejo » Tue, Jan 11, 2011, 9:28 PM UTC

sabatier wrote: post #3

I used to keep a journal and found it very therapeutic writing my innermost thoughts and then as I got older I'd laugh at the things that stressed me out when I was younger. Then my mum found it one day and started reading it and that put an end to it... I've tried doing it online but it's just not the same as writing it in a beautifully bound journal and flicking through the pages.

I've wanted to keep a journal for several years. But I just didn't stick to the habit.

But now http://ohlife.com has changed that.

The fact that they send you an email daily And in the same email they also put a random memory from your past has really helped me stick with the habit.

I'm into 4 months... I think it works.

Maybe you would enjoy it too...

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Post by jw84 » Tue, Jan 11, 2011, 9:35 PM UTC

Now it's called blogging. Xanga -> LiveJournal -> Tumblr.