Do you keep a journal/diary?

[Jenson71]

I'd like to start one, but I'm often too careless to be strict with it.

[Jenson71]

Originally Posted by Lonewolf Ed

I do when I am in Denmark. I write about things that happen every day and it keeps the trip fresher in my mind as time goes by. Just video and stills don't capture enough of a good vacation.

How often do you go to Denmark? Is it for family reasons or work?

[Lonewolf Ed]

Originally Posted by Jenson71

How often do you go to Denmark? Is it for family reasons or work?

I have family there and friends I've made in recent years. I was there in 1995 and didn't go back until 2005. Now I have gone each year since, and am going this year, too, from May 9 to June 3, unless I run into White Sweater Girl from 2005... I might apply for a work VISA if I see her again!

My avatar is where one of my favorite pubs is, in the cellar of that building which was one man's home back in the 1620s.

[tooge]

Originally Posted by Jenson71

Great, tooge. Have you always kept those two journals? If not, do you think the entries have helped you keep afresh than the events in which you did not keep the journal?

I started keeping the outdoor journal in 1997. It is a real nice leather bound journal. It definitely helps out. For example, years ago, I was walleye fishing up at smithville on March 7th. It was cold and gray with just a little breeze out of the west. I didn't catch any walleye, didn't even sniff em. However, I was randomly cruising around and drifing over some river channels and got into some real nice slab crappie schools in 27 feet of water. I would now have a place to start should I want to go crappie fishing in late Feb or early march. As far as the other journal, my wife got it for me when we had our first child. She got one for me when I got my first hunting dog too, and now that she is gone, its cool to read back and remember some great times. My son is 8, so we just recently went on our first road trip with just the two of us to Bennet Springs. It is well documented with all the little cool things he did and said along the way. It'll be fun to look back on someday.

[seclark]

Originally Posted by Jenson71

actually, wife dug it up somewhere when we were moving a few years ago. she sat down w/my mom and sisters and they read the whole thing. i wanted to throw it away, but she's hidden it somewhere.
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[tooge]

also, remember, it doesn't really matter if you write down everything that happens every day. Some is better than none. btw, my dog is gone, not my wife.

[Jenson71]

Originally Posted by tooge

I started keeping the outdoor journal in 1997. It is a real nice leather bound journal. It definitely helps out. For example, years ago, I was walleye fishing up at smithville on March 7th. It was cold and gray with just a little breeze out of the west. I didn't catch any walleye, didn't even sniff em. However, I was randomly cruising around and drifing over some river channels and got into some real nice slab crappie schools in 27 feet of water. I would now have a place to start should I want to go crappie fishing in late Feb or early march. As far as the other journal, my wife got it for me when we had our first child. She got one for me when I got my first hunting dog too, and now that she is gone, its cool to read back and remember some great times. My son is 8, so we just recently went on our first road trip with just the two of us to Bennet Springs. It is well documented with all the little cool things he did and said along the way. It'll be fun to look back on someday.

You sound like the parent I would try to be like.

[tooge]

Heh, thanks for the compliment. I'm sure down the road there will be a "had to bust my best little buds ass today for the first time. Found him getting into my beer with his friends" entry in the journal.

[Inspector]

I could never remember what I did by the end of the day.

I may need to get that checked out. But I'll probably forget.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

I had one but all the pages got stuck together so I pitched it.

[MOhillbilly]

i drink so i can forget things. why would i want a hard copy?

[Rain Man]

I did an experiment about a dozen years ago where I kept one. I accidentally found it a couple of years ago and it was interesting to see how trivial all of my concerns at the time really were.

[Over-Head]

I do and have done (kept a jurnal) since grade 6 when our teacher made it a Term project.
Amazing how I can go back 12-15years (in my trucking career) and see things like

*actuall excerpt from my jurnal*

Jan 13 - 1997
Here we go, I walk in Xxxxxx says the Boss man wants me in Dispatch.
Yeah him and his fat **** brother were sitting there with a smile on thier face, and a bag of 250 pills on the desk. (someones aboiut to get mighty busy this week..GUESS WHO????
Funny how they "need me to do an overnighter to Dallas that teh company man ****ed up, yet last week left me hanging in Cali.
Called the wife to tell her I was on my way back out which led to another screaming match, thank **** I hate children...I can't imagine how much worse it could be with that woman if kids were involved..
Between her and my old man, the amount i'm snorting and drinking, I'm hoping I can finally just be dead this year and get it over with already. I'm living a nightmare of a life I want to stop, I try, but no one seems to want to let me. The drugs and booze seem to be my only friends in life these days. Dad will be the first to ream me a new asshole for popping pills, but sure as **** don't mind the revenue 3 rounders a week Toronto to Dallas brings in.

To things like

Jan `13- 2011

Snow day today....me and the Mrs went out and made a snoiwman with the lil guy, during a lul in teh weather.
Its days like this that help me escape teh bitterness of my past, and think about how lucky I am...I mean hell , just 10 years ago I'd have been looking for a fix on my day off, not a snow shovel and mitten to go play with my son

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by Over-Head

I do and have done (kept a jurnal) since grade 6 when our teacher made it a Term project.
Amazing how I can go back 12-15years (in my trucking career) and see things like

*actuall excerpt from my jurnal*

Jan 13 - 1997
Here we go, I walk in Xxxxxx says the Boss man wants me in Dispatch.
Yeah him and his fat **** brother were sitting there with a smile on thier face, and a bag of 250 pills on the desk. (someones aboiut to get mighty busy this week..GUESS WHO????
Funny how they "need me to do an overnighter to Dallas that teh company man ****ed up, yet last week left me hanging in Cali.
Called the wife to tell her I was on my way back out which led to another screaming match, thank **** I hate children...I can't imagine how much worse it could be with that woman if kids were involved..
Between her and my old man, the amount i'm snorting and drinking, I'm hoping I can finally just be dead this year and get it over with already. I'm living a nightmare of a life I want to stop, I try, but no one seems to want to let me. The drugs and booze seem to be my only friends in life these days. Dad will be the first to ream me a new asshole for popping pills, but sure as **** don't mind the revenue 3 rounders a week Toronto to Dallas brings in.

To things like

Jan `13- 2011

Snow day today....me and the Mrs went out and made a snoiwman with the lil guy, during a lul in teh weather.
Its days like this that help me escape teh bitterness of my past, and think about how lucky I am...I mean hell , just 10 years ago I'd have been looking for a fix on my day off, not a snow shovel and mitten to go play with my son

This post says so much WHY you're a Raider Fan.

[HoneyBadger]

No. I didn't know guys did this. Plus I could see it coming back to haunt me one day.

[Iowanian]

It's a great idea if you want your wife to find it someday while you're fishing and read about how you BuFu'd Jill ********** in Oct 98.