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| Prompt: “I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest What do you think about this quote, and now that we're totally into our techie toys and the internet, do you keep a diary the old-fashioned way? ----------- If you don't count the train service between Long Island and Manhattan, it has been at least five to six decades that I have stepped in a train. I'm trying to picture in my mind how anyone can read their diary on a train full of nosy passengers, unless of course, one has a private compartment. As to diaries, yes, I still keep a few for jotting stuff in, every now and then, and I have a special one I keep on a daily basis. The daily thing is a small notebook, regular off the shelf kind and not one of the fancy padded and beautified ones. I write in it every evening just one page at a time. I think I established this habit as a mental-health-care thing, and even if it might not have improved anything intended, this notebook became very close to me, as if a really good friend. Then, I have another notebook I write into, every now and then, just to let my mind run wild and free, by using a sort of a stream of consciousness style, without even lifting the pen or correcting anything. This way, I'm simply capturing thoughts as they come. Just about for everybody, keeping a diary or a journal reduces stress and anxiety by releasing thoughts and emotions and daily events down onto the paper. Even sometimes, when life hits hard, as one writes, one may come up with a solution to a problem one probably didn't think of earlier. Especially a gratitude journal, in which one can write everything one is grateful for, be it a found penny on the ground, helps just about anyone to look at life with more positive eyes. Then, there are several kinds of keeping a diary or a journal. A painter friend I once knew used to keep a sketch journal. He sketched anything and everything he found interesting. During the eighties, I too was keeping a journal for recording my dreams. The other day, I found it and laughed my head off at my long-ago dreams. This means we can use a diary or a journal in any way we wish. During these last few years, with all the new techie toys that are offered to us, I still cherish the notebook-and-pen kind, but then, there is nothing wrong to use the technical media if one so prefers. In fact, I came across this website where one can keep a private journal for free. https://penzu.com Although I have no intention of using this or any other such service for myself, this can be some help to many traveling people who only carry a cellphone or a small electronic pad with them. No matter how and why we keep a diary or a journal, there is no right or wrong approach. It's all up to us. The simple act of getting in touch with ourselves is what is truly important. |
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