Online Journaling Sites: Places to Write Your Life Story

The explosion in popularity of Internet social networking sites such as Facebook have also led to an increased interest in online journaling sites. Although Facebook and Twitter allow you to share pictures or ultra-brief observations of life events, neither is especially suited for providing any chronological detail or color to a true-life story. Online journaling sites, by contrast, let you log in as many details as you would like, and to turn the stories of your life into a grand event. Pictures may say a thousand words, but journals are a much better application in being mindful when the cameras are not flashing. Here are some ideas for where and how to get started.

1. Decide what your objective is in writing a journal. Why do you want to record events that have happened to you? Is this for you to remember long after your Costa Rica hiking trip is over, so you can have some perspective on your journey? Or do you want to share more details about what you did than you might be able to through pictures and videos only for those close to you? Or perhaps you are using writing as a form of therapy. Whatever the reason, you will find journaling rewarding and therapeutic in many ways!


2. Write what happened. Ideally, you want to write this when the memory of what you did is fresh as you will forget details later and your enthusiasm for writing may drop down with time. You can save this at an online journaling site or in a word document on your computer. You can even write on old-fashioned paper with a pen every night if it is hard to get to a computer or an internet connection where you are and upload it later.


3. Find an online journaling site so you can share your story. Tumblr, LiveJournal and Living Alpha are just a few of the sites online. Your writing may be about an adventurous trip that you have taken or one you are currently engaged in somewhere, in the world. The places you visit or the people you meet along the way will normally be interesting because you are out of your comfort zone. This is true regardless of what your comfort zone is. All you have to do is check the internet for (online journaling sites) to find them.


4. Decide what advice you would give to others who want to do whatever it is that you did. Would you recommend the travel company or the hotel that you stayed at to others, or tell them to stay away? Was the food healthy and safe to eat or did it make you ill?


5. Go through the steps in your journal. Even if you are an expert kayaker, do not assume that everyone who might read this knows how to kayak. Pretend that a person from a foreign country is reading this. Would they know how to do what you did based on your description? People like details so talk about, how you got started.

Online Journaling Sites make it easy to share precious memories from momentous events in your life. Even if you wish to keep your journal private, you can feel happy in knowing that what you wrote is preserved for future reference and is very therapeutic for many writers. As years go by, you may look at what you did with a new perspective, or be happy that you shared your knowledge with others. Whatever your motivation is, it will probably feel as satisfying to write about it as it was to make the journey to begin with.

 

Taylor Hill, author. Living Alpha is one of those unique online journaling sites that offers free membership and more. It is easy to create your account and get started making your journal entries, sharing photos, video and bits of information with the world, family or friends. Visit LivingAlpha.com and get started today.

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How To Pick The Best Journal For Writing

What is the difference between a diary and a journal?

A diary includes personal feelings, thoughts, and actions from that day.  A journal is a repository of your inspirations. 

In a diary you would put down you had lunch at Kateri’s Café.

In a journal you would write down the atmosphere around you, or the setting.   Type of seats, smells, waitress, other patrons, this would all go into your journal.

How to Get Started.

My first suggestion would be to purchase a portable notebook.  You don’t want something that is so big that you lug it around everywhere.  I have two notebooks.  One is about the size of my hand and easily fits into my purse.  The other is a little larger but once again, no so large that it gets in my way.

Lined or No Lines?

This is a great question. 

Are you more of a free spirit? Try a notebook with no line.  This allows you to be more creative.  Draw free form pictures, layouts, even doodles without the constraint of lines.

Do you like your writing in a strict format?  Lines pages are perfect for you.  Lines still allow you to be creative, but more structured.

What do I use?  I use a combination of both.  My small notebook has lines, basically because I can’t find on without lines.

My moleskin notebook pages are large graph pages like from math class.  I do a lot of pictures in my description, but I like straight lines. J 

I Am Still Not Sure

That is completely fine! Next time you in a bookstore, check out the different journals that are offered. When you open the journal and see lines, how do you feel? Like it, buy it, confined, put it back.

This also gives you a chance to hold it.  Too heavy? Nice color?

Yeh!  This goes for the men writers out there too!  Do you carry a messenger bag?  Maybe you use just a wallet.  You still need somewhere to write your thoughts, and a napkin gets tossed out too easily!

 

Start writing!

Kateri