I have not blogged regularly in years... the reason being I have not had a functioning computer in years. But now I do, so I really can't use that excuse anymore. Technology really is great, isn't it? My new toy is half computer/ half tablet- an Asus Transformer Book. And even though I'm not quite sure how to use it yet and have only played around with it for the last thirty minutes or so, I've decided I love it. Now I have a place to work on my stories, play games, and of course, get back into blogging.
Last year my new year's resolution was to write more so I decided that I would do a journal entry in my paper journal every day... I'm going to be honest with you. That last until about April, but I kind of kept with it and wrote more last year then I have in a long time. I even finished a story about an imaginary friend that I started writing about five years ago. I come up with all these fun stories and characters in my head but sometimes just have a hard time with the actual writing part.
So which is better- blogging or journaling? For me it's hard to say.
Blogging there's always the possibility that someone will read it and comment on it, which is always fun and exciting. It's more like a two part conversation instead of just private reflection. Ever since I took a creative class, I've been kind of obsessed with the conversation side of writing. Anytime anyone mentions they write a story, I ask to read it and in turn ask them to read my stuff. A keyboard is super convenient and faster too. My fingers can keep up with my thoughts and writer's cramp can be a thing of the past.
But I've loved journaling since I was a little girl. It's a nice private place to relieve stress and vent, and there is something almost magical about a blank page filling up with words out of my own head and the contact between actual pen and paper. I also really like the smell of ink on paper. And as dorky as this may sound, getting a new journal and finding one that fits my personity is always exciting. In fact, when we went to the renaissance fair this summer I picked up a nice pink, leather one with a fairy on the cover. I'm excited to write in it as soon as I fill up the one I'm currently writing in. I've actually never filled one up before. I always get new ones as gifts or because I see one I like and want to write in it straight away, leaving my old one half empty. But this time I am determined and I'm pretty close too. More then three-fourths of the way in fact.
Maybe one is not any better than the other. And I certainly don't think choosing to write one way means giving up another. It's not like I'm going to blog about stuff that's too personal or private and it's unlikely that I hand my journal over to somebody to read something in there either. Is there room to blog and private journal while keeping up with both? Is there time along with enough ideas to go around? Well, at least I certainly hope so.
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