Dear Diary
As many of you know, I've recently moved. Some things were no-brainers to let go of, like half-finished projects, or objects or clothes that I felt sad when I looked at them. But other things were more slippery, like the sewing machines that didn't really work, but maybe could if I had them tuned up, and really, doesn't every home need a sewing machine? I donated those too, figuring I'll buy a new machine when and if I want to sew.
But the thing that I ended up keeping, the thing that feels like a millstone around my neck but I can't bear to part with, is all my notebooks and journals. I have boxes of these things. Comics I drew in junior high. Dream journals I kept and analyzed through college. Morning pages I did in my 30's. And dozens of notebooks with only a few pages written in, so of course you can't get rid of those. They're still good!
Part of me thinks that if they're so precious, I should scan them and store them on the cloud so they're archived. And for the text-based things, dictate the contents into a text file (bonus, I'd get better at using dictation software.) But then the thought of actually undertaking the task makes me feel like I need to go take a nap, right this second.
What about you? Do you journal? What do you do with the cumbersome physicality this creates? Is there a statue of limitations where after a certain time, you can toss them?
This diary is a keeper.
But the thing that I ended up keeping, the thing that feels like a millstone around my neck but I can't bear to part with, is all my notebooks and journals. I have boxes of these things. Comics I drew in junior high. Dream journals I kept and analyzed through college. Morning pages I did in my 30's. And dozens of notebooks with only a few pages written in, so of course you can't get rid of those. They're still good!
Part of me thinks that if they're so precious, I should scan them and store them on the cloud so they're archived. And for the text-based things, dictate the contents into a text file (bonus, I'd get better at using dictation software.) But then the thought of actually undertaking the task makes me feel like I need to go take a nap, right this second.
What about you? Do you journal? What do you do with the cumbersome physicality this creates? Is there a statue of limitations where after a certain time, you can toss them?
This diary is a keeper.
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Hello from the hot midwest, my dear! I'm not going to trash anything I'll regret, not quite yet. I'm thinking that some of the brain-dump type of journaling can probably go, but I won't toss the cartoons I drew when I was 13 since I don't need to.
I have one pillowcase my great grandmother made with a crocheted trim! It's an odd size, too. Big and floppy on today's sized pillows.
I journal, but I throw them away. For some reason, I'll keep old costume jewelry, cracked McCoy pottery, pearls from a broken strand. 0ld train schedules and sheet music, But journals no. It's no mystery, btw. I only journal when I'm miserable, and at wits' end! After I feel better, I don't want to see it. I regret throwing away all the awesome handlettering, but that bile has got to go! If it's a really nice journal, I'll tear the used pages out.
Greetings from the it was hot yesterday, but very pleasant today Midwest!
I guarantee no one looks at my journals and thinks, "awesome handlettering." :D
I've got all my diaries since I started, that is end of the '80. Or for ex. I keep a series of white cotton blouses made by my mother out of home-sewn and embroidered night gowns belonging to my grandmother. I don't wear them anymore, but I want to keep them. I can, then why not?
On the other side I did get read of some not important papers, and I felt good when I did it. Lately I even managed to get read of books. And I really think before buying new ones.
Greetings from hot Europe!