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Do you feel like you know members of TFP better when they keep a journal as opposed to just boards/chat?
Reading others' journals allows me to get to know a more personal side of themselves that they might not share in their posts. It allows more details. Chat, on the other hand, tells me a lot about their personality I don't get other places.
If you already have a journal... Why did you start it? Please share how do you feel you benefit from it if possible.
Um, I started it because they offered it! No deep reason, really. I like my TFP journal because I catalog things there that I don't in other places. It is more personal to me because I know people read it. I also have a Livejournal, and I post there too...but that is more to keep real-life friends up-to-date. TFP is more abstract in some ways, less about what I've been up to and more about how I feel about what I've done.
I also have a blog on Blogspot (linky in my profile) that deals with food, eating, cooking, and other food-related topics. I am trying to write there more often. I use it to post recipes I've come up with as well as reviews of restaurants I've eaten at, things I've tasted that have been exceptional, etc. I'm hoping to use it more frequently to publish my vegetarian-friendly recipes (most of which I come up with myself or adapt from meat-inclusive recipes). It is definitely a more topical blog than my journal here or my Livejournal.
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