People who keep paper journals often keep several–a dream journal, a health journal, a work/school journal, a daily journal. I’ve never done that. But I do understand the reasoning–it’s a way to be more organized, to be able to find the journal entries that you are looking for, and to see a progression of writing about particular topics.
The downside for me is that by necessity there’s a splintering of one’s world. My dream life is a part of and influences my work/school life. And my health influences my everyday journal. This is actually one of the dilemmas that spurred me to create LifeJournal (www.lifejournal.com), the journal software.
For those, however, who are more comfortable in the handwritten journaling world, there may be a mini-solution: If at the end of, say, a dream journal entry, you realize there’s meaning in the dream that would influence your health, you could create a journal entry in the health journal and add a “hyperlink” at the bottom of each of the two entries. At the bottom or the page or in the margin of the entry, write the date and type of journal entry of the other related entry . Then, when you are re-reading and looking for common threads you will see the connection between the two journal entries.
Get the RSS feed
Subscribe via Email