I was talking with a friend the other day about writing a journal. She said she has journaled for years. I've read of people doing that, and have tried it from time to time. When I was a child I got a little blue "Diary" with a teenage girl on the front, wearing a full skirt with a poodle appliques on it. The diary came with a little key (which I knew would never keep my brother out if he wanted to peek).
But I never had much to say. I wrote words like: "Went to school. Had cheese sandwich and orange for lunch." Or "Nothing interesting today." The book was filled with empty pages, and the ones that had something written weren't all that interesting. So, I gave up on writing a diary. Maybe it was because I was such a motormouth as a kid, and said all I had to say orally.
Later in my life, I came to some hard times, and since I'm not one to whine and complain, I felt I couldn't worry my friends with them. So, I began to write -- not necessarily a journal -- in a notebook: somehere I could get the swirling dark thoughts from my head and onto paper. Anyone finding those jottings would think I'm a very negative person. Not so! I'm very positive and give a happy outlook to the world. Negative whining is reserved for that special notebook.
So ... is a blog like a journal? Seems so. But I'll still keep those negative thoughts where they belong, in a dark, hidden away little notebook. But my friend who has kept journals for years probably has a wealth of nifty information worth re-reading and remembering. I wish I'd done that too.