No, it is not. There are many reasons to blog or journal but few of us take time to actually do it. I believe we all have a book inside of us and my hope is that by blogging I will get in the practice of writing daily and eventually finish my book. It’s a good way to relieve stress, heal emotions and spend some time in self-reflection. It’s a creative outlet where you are totally in control with no judgment from your pen and paper no matter what you write down. So, for me, blogging is a way to keep track of interesting things I hear and read and do and think so maybe when I am gone my kids will actually read what I wrote and think to themselves, “My mom was kind of cool in her own way!”
When my first child was born, I wrote something about his day in a calendar every day for 6 years. When my next son came along, I wrote in his for awhile as well. Unfortunately by the time my daughter came along ten years later, I was out of the practice. I’m sure I’ll hear about that whenever she realizes it which hopefully will be a long time away.
There’s even a website www.ohlife.com for an online journal and they will send you an e-mail each night asking you "How did your day go?" You can just reply … even a few sentences about the highlights … and it's saved there instantly on their website. I also love the concept of writing an "ethical will," a record of events, values, hopes, beliefs and sometimes reasons. I’ll write more about that in a future post. In the meantime, I will keep blogging and I wish you happy times with your own creative self.
When my first child was born, I wrote something about his day in a calendar every day for 6 years. When my next son came along, I wrote in his for awhile as well. Unfortunately by the time my daughter came along ten years later, I was out of the practice. I’m sure I’ll hear about that whenever she realizes it which hopefully will be a long time away.
There’s even a website www.ohlife.com for an online journal and they will send you an e-mail each night asking you "How did your day go?" You can just reply … even a few sentences about the highlights … and it's saved there instantly on their website. I also love the concept of writing an "ethical will," a record of events, values, hopes, beliefs and sometimes reasons. I’ll write more about that in a future post. In the meantime, I will keep blogging and I wish you happy times with your own creative self.
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