Should you keep a journal?

I keep a journal… sort of. Do you? Keep reading, then leave a comment to join this dialogue. And don’t forget to check out today’s writing prompt at the bottom of this post.

I’ll confess that I don’t actually keep a journal. Well, I don’t think I do. Not in the traditional sense anyway. 

A journal is a notebook in which you jot down dated passages about your personal life and thoughts and feelings, correct? If so, then I don’t do that. Well, not exactly. 

I do keep a notebook, lots of notebooks. But in those notebooks, I tend…