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“Isn't it mysterious to begin a new journal
like this? I can run my fingers through the fresh clean pages but I cannot
guess what the writing on them will be.”
- Maud Hart Lovelace, in Betsy in Spite of Herself
- Maud Hart Lovelace, in Betsy in Spite of Herself
Lately, I
have been thinking a lot in starting to write a new personal journal. Honestly,
at this point, the only thing that is preventing me is the fact that I don't
have a notebook for this cause, and like Jesika said "Of course. You are not going to write in toilet paper", ahah.
4/04/2019
Dear Diary,
As always I left the article to the last of the hour.
I am an idiot.
- That
would probably be my first entry if I started to write now.
I think
many people have their first journal during childhood. I remember receiving my
first when I was little, my sisters got one by the same time, and I am pretty
sure that my friends also had one. If I am not mistaken, my first journal was a
notebook whose cover had the design of a small butterfly. The journal had a
padlock, and I would put it in its case, closing it by making a bow. Later I
would have more, I actually even had a Hello Kitty Electronic Password Diary
(that one was especially fun). In the beginning, I would write everything on
it: my day at school, a crush, an argument, my feelings, etc. In particular, I
will never forget this specific occasion, when I was around 10-11 years old,
and one of my friends at the time came to my house. We were playing around and
she opened a notebook that was, of course, my journal. She didn't know and
opened it on a random page. It was so embarrassing. On that period I was
addicted to the anime Mermaid Melody,
so on that page, I had written: "Ohh I wish I could be Pink Pearl Princess
Mermaid" and drawn that character below the text. Faced with the confusion
of my friend I simply ignored what had just happened, kept the notebook and
mentally facepalmed myself.
4/04/2019
Dear Diary,
I should be continuing to write my
article, but I could not resist and had to go see YouTube videos of Mermaid
Melody. I cannot stop singing the songs mentally now. What did I do?
- This
would be my second entry. I am not proud.
Anyways,
the problem for me is that I wasn't able to write regularly. In other words,
for a certain period, I would write every day, but suddenly I would lose
interest/will and stop for months and then years. The last time that I tried to
start a journal was probably five years ago, and that was my worst attempt
since I only wrote two pages. Curiously, I wrote it in English, this way my
sisters wouldn't understand much if they tried to and I could practise my
writing that at that epoch was horrible.
Furthermore,
having a journal has a good amount of advantages. Once, my Portuguese teacher
in the tenth year at School told my class that keeping a journal was very
helpful, since improved our writing skills. I agree, and I can add that it's
also very effective in the sense that it's a way to vent. Sure you can talk
with your family, friends, significant other, yet some things we don't want to
share with anyone, we want to keep it to ourselves. A diary is a good way to
project these thoughts because occasionally they can become too much to handle.
Another benefit, it's the obvious one: the major part of us has a limited
memory capacity, this way, as we grow older, and live new experiences, we
gradually lose older memories: moments of childhood, of adolescence... Sadly,
it's inevitable. Therefore, keeping a journal over the years is one of the ways
to keep those who were our feelings previously, thoughts, good and bad moments.
Ultimately, it's a way for us to remember in the future whatever it is we
wanted to write one day. For example, as I stated above, when I was little I
wanted to be a mermaid. My childhood journal will always remember me that.
A few
years back, when I was cleaning my room, I found my old diaries and I have to
admit that I laughed at some things that I had written. However, it was indeed
interesting to read former feelings and adventures, remember past friends and
dreams, and even see that some wishes I had truly accomplished and others were
still a goal to reach. Reflecting on the subject, I remember Stefan Salvatore
of the series The Vampire Diaries,
who wrote his journey in countless journals, and well, he was a vampire so that
was a lot of recorded memories and transcribed feelings. I want to do the same,
as a result when I grow old I can read about my past experiences or even think
to myself "Why was I like that?".
To sum up,
although in the past I only would write in my journal for one month or two
maximum, and then stop, keeping one only has advantages. My experience may not
be the best, nevertheless I am only twenty years old and hopefully, I have a
long life ahead of me with a great number of adventures, reflections and
emotions to register. It'll be interesting to read them when I am old.
I hope you
have an amazing weekend!
Nb: I do not own picture and I am not trying to infringe copyright here.
Nb: I do not own picture and I am not trying to infringe copyright here.
Mariana Nunes
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