My journal keeping

I was cleaning up today and trying to organize the last of the boxes from our move. I found two of my old journals and I realized what a bad journal keeper I am. I, at one point in my life, was actually OK at it. Now that I have kids I don't do well at all - which is probably the time when I should be doing it. You know, saving memories for them and all . . .

I have discovered that my downfall is the fact that I always want to catch up. It's tattooed on my soul. That's just the way I am! It's not going to change because I don't want it to and I'm stubborn like that. So I write little notes in my planner about funny things the girls say or about their first step, laugh, etc. To my credit, at least those little notes do end up in their baby books.

Today's journals are blogs. Unfortunately, I can't download my whole blog and put it on the shelf. I have always been the type to like a "hard-copy"! I'm just proud of myself for actually putting pics together and keeping a random note now and then. My children may not have the written legacy or "scrapbooked" memories (I'm so very bad at scrapbooking!) that some mother's have for their children, but I try. The pictures on my blog will always be from a few months ago and my thoughts are all written along side my client's appointments.

One day I'll gather all of my old planners (yes, I keep them just in case) and put those funny instances down on hard-copy. Or I'll get a PDA and be able to keep my calendar separate from my thoughts. Of course that would put me behind because I would feel I would have to download those thoughts and print them out so that they would be on hard-copy. Do you see my dilemma? That is why I like the system I have. Maybe one day I'll get motivated to be super memory lady. Until then I am going to keep myself behind by always trying to catch up.