Journaling and blogging are different. To me, journaling implies a private action, and blogging is public. In other words, journaling involves the use of pen and paper, or files not published on the net. Blogging, even under a privacy filter, is still public. Filtering implies privacy, but anything on the web is available to someone.

Journaling is an activity that expands. Writing down your daily thoughts and actions allows you to evaluate situations and make decisions. It can be used to modify behavior, plan for the future, track your dreams, fantasize, document conversations, think.

Blogging contracts life. It makes opinions and stories from everywhere available here and now. It's like a million people standing on soapboxes, screaming out their importance at the top of their lungs. You get to choose who you listen to, but you really can't choose who listens to you.