journal writing

I have chosen to set up a blog to journal.  This suits me better because I can access it anywhere and anytime and it will not get lost.  I can get the blog published for $30 when ever I wish.  This is quicker than hand writing.

I am not used to journaling and it is hard to get used to remembering to do it.  I like that I have a reason to put more effort into journaling as it is also homework.  I have wanted to journal regularly but time is scarce and I seem to choose other things with my time.  It's all about priorities so I know that if I spend time journaling it will be more productive with my time than some of the other things I am doing now.

I feel like all this journaling takes up a lot of time.  I see that I am learning but it is at a sacrifice.

I have been journaling in my blog.  It is for more shallow journaling.  I see that I have caused much of my own stresses by over scheduling myself.  I just want to do lots of really great things.  6/10/10

I have been visiting with my mom about life and I think what we really have been doing is pondering life.  We have been sounding boards for eachother and have learned about life.  I don't get to do this very often, mabe once a year because life gets busy, however I see that this depth of thinking is what I am getting as I develop my journal writing skills and it is more convenient because it's when it's convenient for me.  I also see that I may have a concept that is meaningful and I'll explore it to a deeper depth as I write in my journal.

I see that I am getting better at journaling.  I quickly hop to the computer when I get an idea.  I don't view it as a project that will take lots of time.  I can quickly purge ideas for later exploring and just get it out in the journal.  I also see that if I just give myself 1 minute to jot an idea down I may start to feel it's important as I explore the idea and learn more plus desire to sacrifice my current time for the added knowledge I am exploring.

I have been reading in the book about how psychotherapy is really just forcing us to self-awareness which is what you are volentarily doing via journaling.  A great way to save money.