tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450172.post6151542327310094663..comments2022-01-10T22:39:01.453-08:00Comments on As I Write It - A Creative Journal: Personal Reflectionbwheatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15685245682393719487noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450172.post-25552542059885886772009-04-22T22:56:00.000-07:002009-04-22T22:56:00.000-07:00Hi Rachel,
Look if you're gaining something out of...Hi Rachel,<br />Look if you're gaining something out of writing about your life, I don't think it's a self-centred activity. It it makes you more balance I think it's only a good thing. Keep it up. Thanks for your comment. ;-)Heatherhttp://asiwriteit.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450172.post-10764497136576952672009-04-22T22:54:00.000-07:002009-04-22T22:54:00.000-07:00Hi Ruth,
Lol, thanks so much for your response. I ...Hi Ruth,<br />Lol, thanks so much for your response. I believe just a little 'self-indulgence' every day goes a long way toards making us better people. ;-)Heatherhttp://asiwriteit.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450172.post-30741291060532046982009-04-22T12:45:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:45:00.000-07:00Well, I don't really write my blog as a diary ...Well, I don't really write my blog as a diary - not in the way I wrote a cathartic diary when I was a teenager. I write it mostly as a social activity, and I hope others enjoy reading my stories & seeing my photos. So I wouldn't really count it as self-indulgent, though maybe it's a bit self-centred of me to think that people would want to read about my life ;)Rachel Cotterillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08969719330048416996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450172.post-33096358858183251002009-04-22T11:25:00.000-07:002009-04-22T11:25:00.000-07:00Heather,
Great question!! I think that journal wri...Heather,<br />Great question!! I think that journal writing isn't EITHER self-indulgent or self-reflection. It's both! Sometimes at once, and sometimes just one or the other. But let me ask you--of all the self-indulgent activities there are, how bad is it?<br /><br />Years ago a friend of my mother's asked me with attitude, "Isn't journal writing just navel gazing?" I responded that after Ruth Folithttp://blog.lifejournal.comnoreply@blogger.com