I’m always curious about how others journal, and have lately been reading a lot about how writers have used journals. Unfortunately, I haven’t journaled in a while, and I was encouraged. So I pulled out one of my own blank books to start journaling again. Once again, I was not remembering what I am going through health-wise. And once again, I was disappointed.
I could barely pull the journal off the bookshelf and hold it in my hands. It’s just a simple faux leather hardcover book, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, with 96 pages. I don’t know how much it weighs, but it can’t be more than a cup of coffee, which admittedly, I haven’t been able to hold either.
As I opened it to a blank page and planned to write, I realized that I could not write anything that would be legible. I couldn’t even hold my pen.
This hurt me on a deep level. I’ve written in a journal since I was a young girl. I haven’t written consistently at all, but I’ve been trying. Now, I can’t seem to handwrite at all. That makes me so sad.
Thankfully, I have found an alternative. I can write online, duh. I’m using the online journal, Day One. That has been working for me. It is still very hard for me to type because I can’t feel the keys, so now I just “hunt and peck.” But I will take what I can get.
On another note, there is a tsunami warning for the West Coast and Hawaii due to an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Japan. Hawaii’s west coast is evacuating. It seems like this may be a serious thing.
