Yeah, I journal. I have a handwritten journal series that I started in 2007, so I've been doing it for six years. Two books are full, the third's almost full.
As of two years ago, I've also been keeping an online journal at a relatively underground website. I pick and choose which entries I make public. (Typing's just quicker than writing by hand, and it's especially efficient for organizing thoughts into elegant prose.)
I love to write. I love thinking about the new cities I visit and the new people I meet, and for whatever reason, I'm apparently compelled to regurgitate everything I see. I have to swirl an experience around in my head and then vomit it back onto paper whether for my own purposes or to share with someone else. Photography functions well here, too.
Maybe nostalgia plays a role, but it's more along the lines of feeling so extremely excited and inspired that I have to do something about it. I have to express the pleasure that an experience has given me.
I've written about unpleasant moods, too. It's good for catharsis.
There
are a few people who read what I write. Somebody chanced upon my online journal's public entries and commented that he was sucked into them and lost track of time. I thought that was an incredible compliment - to have other people sharing in my experiences and being entertained by them. I've also been told that I write very well, so maybe I could organize my entries into a cohesive book eventually. Who knows?
I feel pretty comfortable with it. It helps that I'm anonymous and avoid using names. The most personal entries tend to get filed a little farther away from prying eyes, anyway, just in case.
I like to journal about my adventures, my wild nights, my job, and the weird relationships between myself and the key players in my life. I tend to write in the present tense when something feels especially important; it makes the story seem more immediate and visceral, I think. It's very first-person perspective in
that moment, so if I was drunk when the event happened, I'll write as though I were drunk (word choices, I mean - my grammar's always as neat as I can make it).
My enneatype is probably 7w6. I think my journals correlate, particularly the subject matter.
Anyway. I really enjoy writing.
