Hi! I'm Kathy, and I am so excited to start this 'blog' (at least this is what I am calling it for now). I haven't even bought a proper domain name yet, but once I figure out what sort of posts I'm going to do most and if I manage to keep this going, then I'll think about investing my money into a domain name that doesn't include 'Wix'.
I've actually been considering starting some sort of blog for a while now, and this is not only because I love writing about my thoughts, but because I've been wanting to share my experiences and opinions about the things I enjoy doing (so that perhaps you could too). For my first post, I've decided to write about the reasons why I keep a diary in hope that you also start writing too or continue writing if you already do!.
When I used to attend a Korean primary school in Seoul (this was back in year 2 and 3) we were all given notebooks specifically for us to use it as a diary. In fact, it was our homework to write a diary. Today, I was organising my bookshelf and started to read my school diary from when I was about 9 years old. Precisely it was more a notebook of my 'thoughts' since I wrote about a specific topic each time; for instance, I'd made titles such as 'My favourite natural environment', 'Cheering at the World Cup', 'Carbs [lol]', 'My mum', 'My dad', 'When I grow up...', and so on. Yes I was so young when I wrote these, but reading them 10 years later made me think 'omg these are kinda precious' as well as a bit of 'this is making me a bit emotional'. Since this post is about why I journal, below is a picture of what I wrote in Korean when I was 9 on how I felt about diaries (the title is literally 'diaries').
Translated into English:
"Diaries are so boring. However, it tells me what I've done in the past and what I found fun. In particular, If I can't think of a topic then I kind of start disliking them. However, diaries help me a lot. They are really good at telling me what I've done. But to do this I need to write well. I must make writing diaries a habit and think of ways to make it more enjoyable."
When I came back to London from Korea in year 4, I didn't really write. In year 6, I watched 'The Diary of Anne Frank' as a class – we were all crying by the end of it. I then read the famous diary itself, and as hard as it was to start crying again, I admired how she seemed to have found a way to sometimes escape reality by writing to her 'Dearest Kitty'. Maybe it was my love and connection for her diary, or just the tons of time I had just before starting secondary school, but I started keeping a diary again.
– And I've kept one ever since! Ok, sometimes it did seem like a tedious thing, but this was only when I was writing simply for the sake of it. The times when I actually really valued it was when I used it to 'rant'; no matter how small or insignificant it was that I was annoyed (or happy!) about. Nobody could judge me. Looking back at it, maybe it was some sort of therapy for myself (though I didn't realise at the time) which prevented all sorts of thoughts to build up excessively. I even kept a journal in my first year at uni, but it was more a once-a-month thing – I'll definitely try to improve this year! I do realise that journalling (and manifesting) is being advocated nowadays by some influencers (e.g. Emma Chamberlain) and studytubers (e.g. Unjaded Jade), and indeed there is nothing to lose to write if you haven't yet tried!
I'm slightly annoyed at myself right now for making my first post so long, and hope nothing was too TMI – I promise most my other posts will be more pictures less words, but clearly I am so excited! Of course, I am also scared for myself as I know that this is another time commitment, but regardless I will try my best to post as regularly as I can...we will see!
Kathy
P.S. Here is a picture of all my journals;)
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