Due to inclement weather, I’ve been off for two days and sequestered in the house. Since I’ve been more active this month than I usually am, this has been more of an inconvenience than it would otherwise be. So to stave off boredom, I decided to use this unexpected opportunity to watch a few Oscar nominated films, do some reading, and finally dive in and follow my friends to Blogspot from the less flashy LiveJournal.
In addition to the social reasons, the move will also give me a blog that has positive feelings connected to it. In the past year whenever I decided to update my former blog, I would immediately berate myself for neglecting it and not fulfilling my 2008 New Year’s resolution to journal and blog. This year I decided against explicitly mentioning journaling among my resolutions and just keep this ambition in my head to do with what I would.
I want to journal for numerous reasons. My completion is based on my need to write and my need for organization. Forgoing my romantic perceptions of legacy, I really need a forum to order my thoughts. Looking back at the inconsistent journal entries fascinates me; I’ve evolved so much in my thought processes, likes and dislikes, and worldview. Of course, there is a core of personality traits that largely remains intact but the particulars are always in flux. I’m really interested in keeping my changing thoughts and interests documented.
Of course, I realize that a journal and a blog are different entities and in many ways. A journal is a personal thing, kept and guarded to chronicle thoughts and feelings. (I know this is a generalization. Every member of the last royal family of Russia kept a journal, and these differed greatly in content and use. For example, Tsarina Alexandra’s was used to chronicle her fears and hopes while Tsar Nicholas’s simply outlined the things he did during the course of a day.) I would endeavor to keep both a blog and a personal journal, but keeping just one has been difficult for me in the past.
