ext_23137 ([identity profile] franticgoddess.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] pegkerr 2007-12-12 05:19 pm (UTC)

I've been keeping a paper journal since I was about 6, and I've had my livejournal since I was 14 (I'm 21 now). I do notice a shift in my paper journaling habits once I got a LJ, although I've been regularly writing in both though the years. At first my paper journals were everything: day-to-day activities, doodles, thoughts on life, things I thought were interesting, fan fiction before I knew what it was and everything inbetween. My paper journals also took a bit of a hiatus in my early LJ days. I ended up using them more for personal fiction and fan fiction rather than as a daily journal.

In the past few years though, that's changed again. My paper journals have become much more personal but at the same time much less detail-oriented (as far as details of my life, what I do every day, that kind of thing). My entries are often very similar to those at [livejournal.com profile] jr_nal or [livejournal.com profile] embodiment (some of them are here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/allthishappiness/sets/72157600090776539/) although they've been heavily edited and such post-photos). My paper journal now is much more visual, and since I abandoned art classes and art school it really serves as my outlet for those kind of creative thingies and arty bits I miss. I really enjoy my paper journals. I had a hard time filling journals with words only, but filling them up in any way possible has really helped--it's also really relaxing!

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