Almost four months have passed since I began my first journal and I'm two months into my second. I soon felt the need to begin a second journal because my initial one was addressed to one topic and group of people. This was the first little mistake I made in my foray into Journal Land. I wrote myself into a corner because I specified my subject matter. I discovered the hard way that this is very limiting. I felt that I had to stick with the topic at hand; hence, the birth of my second journal which allowed me the freedom to write about whatever struck my fancy.
As I look back over my entries during the last few months, it's plain to see I have zeroed in on two basic subjects divided between the two journals: the hot springs we frequent and chronicles of my family. This was not my initial intention when I began the second journal but I love what it's evolved into. It's become a comfortable place to write about my family memories--those that are happy, sad and bittersweet. You know, the stuff of which life is made.
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I did the same thing at one point--ended up with FOUR JOURNALS! I deleted all of them but one, though, because I have not a great deal of time on my hands and I decided that for me I couldn't/didn't want to segregate my life into parcels. I have thought about making a website to keep homeschooling resources on, though, since they get swallowed up in past months and I don't think people go back and look for them.
love, Kas
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