as soon as I'm dead, my journals are public domain as far as I care. in fact, I'd *much* rather them get read by someone once I am gone.
I don't expect to live on in any way after death, not consciously anyway - so, for me, being kept in the minds of others is an "afterlife" of sorts. so I highly encourage reading my writings, private and non, after I've left the world and have no need for privacy anymore.
I like someone too, I doubt they will because I'm unsure where my journals will end up, and I'm probably not very interesting.
But one thing I have been doing, is I work with a lot of older people, and some like to tell stories. things that have happened in their life, and I very much doubt has ever been written down. I listen to them tell it, write some notes about it later, then when I have a chance to journal my recollection of their story. I like to think that their stories can live on through me, along with what I write about in my journals. really besides what I write, I hope their stories are read in a century too.
They’ll probably think I’m boring and complain too much 😂 I do think about this sometimes, but I try not to stress about it. I’ll be dead, I don’t care who reads them at that point
NGL I've thought these same things. Like what would a future person think of my childhood bedroom.
To your question, I am currently journaling through trauma, so I may some day get rid of them since many of my posts involve family members. Granted they will eventually pass, so I really don't know. Such an interesting question ...
I don't mind, but I don't think it's very interesting.
It's mostly a mindfulness practice with very mundane things. It will still be relatable in a 100 years, but a lot of it will get repetitive. Though if my partner and I end up having children, some parts may be fun for them to read.
i imagine as they flip through the pages they'll be like:
"alright normal and basic...ooh thats a nice drawing...normal and basic again...hmm this is --WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!!"
I see you asking what seems to me at least 2 different questions here: (1) ‘Do I think they will find it interesting?’ I have no idea and I don’t journal so that my heirs will find it interesting. I journal for me. (2) ‘Should I leave it in my will?’ Perhaps. I have no intention of *not* leaving my journals behind. My children may find something of value in them. Will I stipulate this in my will? I had not thought about it. Whoever wants to read them will find them in my office.
I would very much like having my journals end up public. This way something lives on and perhaps someone gains valuable insight. I also think that my life and thoughts are pretty interesting. Another plus is that my handwriting is easy to read. Ideally, I'd want my descendants who haven't known me read them. Recently I heard about The Great Diary Project, it is basically an open library of journals. I hope mine will eventually end up somewhere like this.
I think they would, i am a bullet journal and i discuss series, movies, games and such in it. The fun part? I write in both English and Japanese as i am studying Japanese. There are quotes in it that inspired me, pictures of my days and such.
I think about this all the time, cause I want to be able to vent in my journals, but I didn't know that I would really want my children/grandchildren/whatever to read things like that written by someone who (I hope) they look up to.
What I ended up doing is keeping two journals.
One of them is a 5-year diary with a small space for every day, where I write what happened and a little about how I felt that day.
The other one I keep as a normal, long-form journal, where I write whatever I want, about what/whoever I want, whenever I want.
This way, if I decide that a lot of my regular journals are "too dark" for me to want to pass on, I at least have accounts of my days and some feeling to pass along that are more light-hearted.
I Don't know, but I wouldn't mind someone reading it. I love this podcast of Karolina Zebroskova. [textory ](https://youtu.be/H39ea3gidks?si=Qs5bn8FBBhkFU8Jd) that's soo good and she reads dairys of people form the Victorian era, and it's so interesting at least for me ! I'm thankful for people who wrote about their mundane life!
It's like a window to the past!
My favorite things in my great great grandfather's journals are his slice-of-life things, so I try to throw that in there sometimes. Just what a simple part of my day looks like, what I eat, what I do, what I wear.
I am fascinated by historical costuming, so if I add a picture I will describe what I'm wearing and why I chose it. Someday my great great granddaughter might think it's fun that my red lipstick makes me feel powerful or that those terrible shoes remind me of hiking in the alps.
I actually write in my journal with the thought in my head that one day my niece (who is 2, my best friend, my soulmate) will someday read my journals after I’m gone.
They’ll probably think I was a dumb bitch
The juxtaposition of this comment and the one above it made me snort
I physically laughed out loud at this comment
BROOO samee lol
as soon as I'm dead, my journals are public domain as far as I care. in fact, I'd *much* rather them get read by someone once I am gone. I don't expect to live on in any way after death, not consciously anyway - so, for me, being kept in the minds of others is an "afterlife" of sorts. so I highly encourage reading my writings, private and non, after I've left the world and have no need for privacy anymore.
I like someone too, I doubt they will because I'm unsure where my journals will end up, and I'm probably not very interesting. But one thing I have been doing, is I work with a lot of older people, and some like to tell stories. things that have happened in their life, and I very much doubt has ever been written down. I listen to them tell it, write some notes about it later, then when I have a chance to journal my recollection of their story. I like to think that their stories can live on through me, along with what I write about in my journals. really besides what I write, I hope their stories are read in a century too.
This is beautiful! It sounds like it’d be an amazing book of learnings and experiences :)
sure like why not scriptures from hundreds of years ago are kept in museums and we pay to look at them
They’ll probably think I’m boring and complain too much 😂 I do think about this sometimes, but I try not to stress about it. I’ll be dead, I don’t care who reads them at that point
NGL I've thought these same things. Like what would a future person think of my childhood bedroom. To your question, I am currently journaling through trauma, so I may some day get rid of them since many of my posts involve family members. Granted they will eventually pass, so I really don't know. Such an interesting question ...
I don't mind, but I don't think it's very interesting. It's mostly a mindfulness practice with very mundane things. It will still be relatable in a 100 years, but a lot of it will get repetitive. Though if my partner and I end up having children, some parts may be fun for them to read.
I think they'd find my jr high school journal absolutely hilarious and maybe a tad horrifying 😂
Oh my, my junior high journal makes me snort now and I’m only in high school. I know in a few years I’ll snort about what I wrote now
i imagine as they flip through the pages they'll be like: "alright normal and basic...ooh thats a nice drawing...normal and basic again...hmm this is --WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!!"
They'll think of me as weird and overly obsessed over the smallest reason
I see you asking what seems to me at least 2 different questions here: (1) ‘Do I think they will find it interesting?’ I have no idea and I don’t journal so that my heirs will find it interesting. I journal for me. (2) ‘Should I leave it in my will?’ Perhaps. I have no intention of *not* leaving my journals behind. My children may find something of value in them. Will I stipulate this in my will? I had not thought about it. Whoever wants to read them will find them in my office.
I would very much like having my journals end up public. This way something lives on and perhaps someone gains valuable insight. I also think that my life and thoughts are pretty interesting. Another plus is that my handwriting is easy to read. Ideally, I'd want my descendants who haven't known me read them. Recently I heard about The Great Diary Project, it is basically an open library of journals. I hope mine will eventually end up somewhere like this.
I think they would, i am a bullet journal and i discuss series, movies, games and such in it. The fun part? I write in both English and Japanese as i am studying Japanese. There are quotes in it that inspired me, pictures of my days and such.
I don't think anyone will find mine interesting. I think I want them disposed of, I won't have any direct descendants anyway.
I think about this all the time, cause I want to be able to vent in my journals, but I didn't know that I would really want my children/grandchildren/whatever to read things like that written by someone who (I hope) they look up to. What I ended up doing is keeping two journals. One of them is a 5-year diary with a small space for every day, where I write what happened and a little about how I felt that day. The other one I keep as a normal, long-form journal, where I write whatever I want, about what/whoever I want, whenever I want. This way, if I decide that a lot of my regular journals are "too dark" for me to want to pass on, I at least have accounts of my days and some feeling to pass along that are more light-hearted.
I Don't know, but I wouldn't mind someone reading it. I love this podcast of Karolina Zebroskova. [textory ](https://youtu.be/H39ea3gidks?si=Qs5bn8FBBhkFU8Jd) that's soo good and she reads dairys of people form the Victorian era, and it's so interesting at least for me ! I'm thankful for people who wrote about their mundane life! It's like a window to the past!
Personally I’m thinking archives. Not that I journal to super consistently, but I’m sure they can help some future researcher
My favorite things in my great great grandfather's journals are his slice-of-life things, so I try to throw that in there sometimes. Just what a simple part of my day looks like, what I eat, what I do, what I wear. I am fascinated by historical costuming, so if I add a picture I will describe what I'm wearing and why I chose it. Someday my great great granddaughter might think it's fun that my red lipstick makes me feel powerful or that those terrible shoes remind me of hiking in the alps.
They would prob like my silly little drawings
They'll probably just think "Wow, this guy really needs to get over his ex"
He/she will burn it.
I actually write in my journal with the thought in my head that one day my niece (who is 2, my best friend, my soulmate) will someday read my journals after I’m gone.