Do you journal?

[Anonymous No.18443081]

What do you journal about?

[Anonymous No.18443547]

>>18443081
Events and how I'm experiencing life at the moment. When I'm writing it helps me to go deeper into what I'm going through and get a greater understanding of the experiences. Sometimes I can't come to a conclusion (if I'm writing about a problem) but the journaling itself is usually an enriching to me.

[Anonymous No.18443558]

My dreams so I can attempt to psychoanalyse them for unconscious precognitions that might save the us from what's coming.

[Anonymous No.18443573]

>>18443558
What’s coming?

[Anonymous No.18443618]

Nothing at the moment. But i use to journal about my experiences day to day and also rituals/ contracts i would sign in blood and bury in the yard.

[Anonymous No.18443731]

>>18443081
notes on what im reading sandwiched between bits and piece of a story im writing

[Anonymous No.18443735]

>>18443081
Is there anything more narcissistic than recording your everyday, mundane life?

[Anonymous No.18443740]

>>18443081
Over the past few years there were a few weeks at a time where I would journal. I just found them a little bit ago and read through them. I apparently was very sad that my girlfriend left, very angry that I couldn't lift heavier, disappointed in myself for not studying more, and having constant existential dread that I was never going to amount to anything. I was so focused on those particular things as my driving motives of agency.

Now two years later I'm alone, weak, and made nothing of myself other than I finally finished grad school and passed the exam afterward. But still nothing to show for it. All the people I loved moved away. I still don't have a job. I've gained weight. But it was really interesting to see how the scope of my dread has expanded. How, back then I was so motivated to these narrow objects of control.

[Anonymous No.18443768]

>>18443740
Master's degree but unemployed? What is your field?

[Anonymous No.18444234]

>>18443081
No, not a fag.

[Anonymous No.18444380]

>>18443740
>very angry that I couldn't lift heavier
Lifting heavy objects is a very very simple pursuit. You get strong by lifting relatively often (I lift maybe 2 times a week, though I wish I could lift more while still making progress), eating a lot, and sleeping at least 6 hours a night. If you aren't getting stronger and you aren't gaining weight, then you aren't eating enough. If you are gaining weight but not getting stronger, then you are eating enough but lifting enough or sleeping enough, though you can usually tell if you're not sleeping enough because your intellectual pursuits will suffer immensely.

I hope that you can pull yourself out of this dread that you find yourself suffering from by at least improving one aspect of your life. If nothing else, you can be strong.

t. 425 lb bench at 217 lbs bodyweight

[Anonymous No.18445375]

>>18443735
Every great writer, probably every great man kept a journal.

But hey, I’m sure you are right. What fags haha

[Anonymous No.18445401]

I just bought one but I'm not sure how to go about using it. Do I write all at once, or several times throughout the day?

[Anonymous No.18445778]

>>18445401
Literally just do what feels natural to you, if you want to be in it for the long term. I have tried to keep a journal since I was 12, but back then I tried to keep a daily offline journal and failed every time after a week or two. Then in my first year of college, one day a thing happened with a girl that made me want to write something about it, so strong were my emotions, so I just downloaded an app on my phone and did so, and though I never paid much attention to it, only coming back to write when I feel like it, I have been at that journal for 4 years now.