Posts Tagged ‘Journal’

Thoughts on journaling

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Why does it have to be so hard to journal? During the day, all these great thoughts will combine with enthusiasm and creativity into someone of a giddiness at the thought of being able to put some things into writing. And at the end of the day, when the time to write is finally there, it all just… fizzles… the thoughts are gone, the motivation vanished and all that is left is a blank screen.

Maybe part of it is that the amount of thoughts to put down becomes overwhelming after a whole day. Or maybe it’s simply the same problem that inhibits writing during the day: the fear of interruption.

Yes, I’m sure those are all true. But I think the biggest issue, for me anyway, is that it forces me to be honest with myself and walk on a very thin line between analyzing my feelings and preventing negativity from turning anything into a rant, a disgusting pile of exagerrations and emotional rubbish.

But knowing that does not make it easier, does it ;-)

Time flies

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Wouldn’t you know it, next week is Christmas. And my birthday… and then just 3 days later, the end of the year 2008. And what a year it was. It will definitely go down as one of the most eventful years in my book. But we’ll get to that later :-)

It also means that it is almost time to dig up last years goals, wishes and resolutions, and see where we are now… and then figure out where we want to go.

Somehow, that last part is… interesting. It is and not just because, duh!, it will define where life goes from here as far as lil ole me is concerned, but because it is full of unknown opportunities ready to be taken! That’s right. There are more people than ever to enjoy adventures with, work is more uncertain than it has ever been for me (well, with the exception of moving to the US without a job ;-) ), there are more hobbies to explore, more challenges to overcome, more books to read, more things to learn… The list goes on and on… It is quite exciting really!

But by far the most exciting is the group of people I’ll get to go on this journey… my family, my friends, my team-mates, my colleagues…

Yes, I did discover that I was more of a social person that I believed to be…