write a diary on modern society
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What do you think about writing a diary nowadays? Is it still suitable in a modern world?
I’ve always encouraged the people in my life to keep a journal. I wrote a whole post on it here; Your First Step to Being a Renaissance (Wo)man - AH Scribbles. Journaling allows you to pinpoint what is important for you, and that’s most suitable in the modern world than ever because life’s pace is so rapid and we don’t get enough time to engage in tasks let alone reflect on them, so journaling helps us do that; stop and reflect.
The thing you need to understand psychologically is there are two types of self; the experiencing self and the remembering self, and these two don’t always look at the
Do people still write personal diary?
Is writing or keeping a diary a necessity in today's world?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of writing a diary?
What should I write in my secret diary?
Does one write in a diary daily? If yes, do they allow anyone to read it?
Men sometimes may prefer to write “journals.” “Suitable,” suitable for what? For your family? For personal history you want to remember? Certainly, it is a enjoyable and useful activity. Psychologists sometimes advise journal writing for therapy.
For me, journals are ways to explore and discover what I think. I don’t know what I think about something until I have written about it—usually several times. Once I put it “on paper,” I understand it better.
Journal writing is a good strategy for metacognition, thinking about your thinking.
Discovery writing is not usually for the public eye; it may not be unified, “correct,” complete, or even clear. I start with a concept, and write whatever comes to mind, and let it lead me where it will. Sometimes it takes a page or two to finally say what I really wanted to say all along, but was afraid to put down. Some call this “focused freewriting,” writing without rules, without an internal editor. It’s fun; try it.