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Old Jul 07, 2009, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Vaarsuvius View Post
I've written in a journal fairly consistently for at least five or six years now and I've found that it really does help me sort my thoughts out. For me, stuff that happens in real life is interspersed with ideas for stories and other doodles. I'll actually go back and see what I've written fairly often, as seeing how I've handled decisions in the past help me make decisions that I am faced with in the present.

I'm not too worried about people finding out what is in my notebook, but I rarely let it far out of my sight. There have been times when I've let a very close friend know some of its contents. It just depends on what I've been writing and who it is.
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