Notebooks are just pieces of paper with words scrawled all over them, right? Wrong, journals are the physical manifestation of one’s soul. My notebook is a cultural artifact I share with very many people around the world for a common goal: to express and understand myself. People have used a physical medium to express themselves since 40,000 years ago using cave walls to paint (Waldman 1). It’s a no-brainer that people continue to do so today. But why? What’s the significance of personal documentation?
Throughout history, women and minorities were known for journal-keeping, as this existed as one of the few ways to voice their opinions (Garret). Young girls today benefit from personal writing, as seen from researcher Magee. She found that …show more content…
Throughout high school, my home life felt pressing and unbearable. My parents would fight incessantly, and my siblings and I constantly battled. Since I couldn’t drive, I was home-stuck. I refused to accept the situation, let alone try to improve it, much like Hem from Who Moved My Cheese? (Johnson). The only place to escape was my own world, or so I thought. Instead of doing anything productive, I would browse the internet for hours. This led to a gruesome cycle of procrastination in my work. Procrastination hindered my learning experience, as it causes strain on physical, mental, and emotional health from stress and a lack of …show more content…
I have always used a notebook for the reasons listed above, but since my Senior year in high school, I have been using it more frequently. This is about the time I started to accept my new family situation more and tried to improve things, much like Haw (Johnson). I still was a chronic procrastinator at that time, and I still am. However, I feel like I’m improving. I waste less time on the internet now. Instead, I dwell in my notebook. This may seem just as useless, but it’s not. When I spent a lot of time on the internet when I was younger, I wasn’t trying to fix my life or understand myself better-- I was merely escaping and pretending my problems didn’t exist. Now that I use my notebook more often, I am more likely to take a look at my problems and figure out a
Throughout history, women and minorities were known for journal-keeping, as this existed as one of the few ways to voice their opinions (Garret). Young girls today benefit from personal writing, as seen from researcher Magee. She found that …show more content…
Throughout high school, my home life felt pressing and unbearable. My parents would fight incessantly, and my siblings and I constantly battled. Since I couldn’t drive, I was home-stuck. I refused to accept the situation, let alone try to improve it, much like Hem from Who Moved My Cheese? (Johnson). The only place to escape was my own world, or so I thought. Instead of doing anything productive, I would browse the internet for hours. This led to a gruesome cycle of procrastination in my work. Procrastination hindered my learning experience, as it causes strain on physical, mental, and emotional health from stress and a lack of …show more content…
I have always used a notebook for the reasons listed above, but since my Senior year in high school, I have been using it more frequently. This is about the time I started to accept my new family situation more and tried to improve things, much like Haw (Johnson). I still was a chronic procrastinator at that time, and I still am. However, I feel like I’m improving. I waste less time on the internet now. Instead, I dwell in my notebook. This may seem just as useless, but it’s not. When I spent a lot of time on the internet when I was younger, I wasn’t trying to fix my life or understand myself better-- I was merely escaping and pretending my problems didn’t exist. Now that I use my notebook more often, I am more likely to take a look at my problems and figure out a