Do you keep a journal? Or a public blog? How long have you been doing so?
I’ve been journaling for about ten years. I often write about mundane things, but I often come up insights that startle me in clarity.
For those that think their lives are too mundane to write about, that isn’t true. Everyone has interesting stories to tell, and by writing them down or typing them up, it becomes much easier to remember them.
I’ve never been able to do journalling. Every year for ages I resolved that I would do it “this year”, and every year i ran out of steam about Jan 5th.
But three years ago i discovered blogging, and that has been another story! http://theconnexion.net/wp/ is where I hang my virtual hat…
I keep a hand-written journal, in which I write about my spiritual and inner work… and then I keep a ‘blog’ (LJ) for random stray thoughts, vents, silly quiz results, and the like.
I agree that journaling is fabulous for insights, and for recognizing patterns in one’s life. 
I’ve started using blogger.com rather than the webspace provided by comcast, my isp, because blogger is less restrictive in scope.
I have nothing useful to say, but I like to say it anyway.
What is the difference between a journal and a blog ?
Serious question..honestly.
Slan,
D.
there’s really no difference between “live journal” and “blogger,” but the difference between a generic journal and a generic blog is that one’s private and one’s public.
I get it now.
Thank you.
Slan,
D.
Here are some suggestions for those that would like to try journaling, but feel like there is nothing to write about. You can write about your feelings about a certain macro news event, or a personal incident. You can write about what you would like to do, what you would like to get away from.
Here are some more:
dreams, friends, family members, people you don’t know but would like to, things that you would like to have, things that you would like to get rid of.
Journaling is powerful. Anecdotally, it helps to stave off dementia in old age (at least one study shows that people that write tend to keep their wits longer). So if you already quit smoking, and already lost ten pounds, writing is another health thing you can do (half-kidding).
I keep a semi-private journal at livejournal (i.e. it’s friends only…only those I add can read it). I enjoy chronicaling my days and reading what my friends have been up to.
They, unfortunately, have to be subjected to my rather details descriptions of each session I go to, as well as my painful progress on fiddle and my WhOA. Poor creatures. 
~Crysania