Why journal

[meirwen_1988]

I've been working on a project now, trying to set up a journaling unit for my Fall semester students. As part of it I'd like them to read about why journaling can be a choice, not an assignment, so I was hoping some of my fellow bloggers would post (either as comments to this post, or in their own journals) about why they journal, and maybe about how they choose who gets to read what they write.

I'd like to be able to cut and paste parts for my students to read, though. I would give authorial credit to your LJ name, in which case I'll use Anon.</>

Thanks.

Comments

[dwolfhunter.livejournal.com]

Why do I journal/blog, whatever? I suppose that I have always felt the innate need to express myself in words. But I have always lacked the glib, articulate way of speaking that allowed me to say why I feel the way I feel without being hurtful or seeming angry. I've discovered that what I write is a better barometer for what's going on in my mind than what I say.
As to why I do not filter...I believe that I should be totally candid somewhere. I have chosen my journals for that purpose. Thus, there is no earthly reason to lie in my journal. One might argue that the revelations of myself that I put down here are public and sometimes far too personal to be publicly consumed. I prefer to see it as "drawing the line in the sand".
I say what I have to say and challenge others to comment or to contradict. I'm a very confrontational person...this is an adequate form of conflict, for now.