{"id":9927,"date":"2013-03-29T07:26:43","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T14:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9927"},"modified":"2013-03-29T08:48:46","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T15:48:46","slug":"journaling-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9927","title":{"rendered":"Journaling &#8211; why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I journal here, I think of the line from &#8220;You&#8217;ve Got Mail&#8221; when Kathleen Kelly is emailing her anonymous friend,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00c2\u00a0I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void. So goodnight, dear void.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I know that most of my writing is for myself. \u00c2\u00a0I ran across this on <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/knitnmomo\/\">pinterest <\/a>the other day and I instantly recognized it as true for me!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/knitnmomo\/quotes-i-like\/\"><img data-attachment-id=\"9928\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?attachment_id=9928\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/d974fa50a2ce7777b46bec697020a0aa.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"d974fa50a2ce7777b46bec697020a0aa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/d974fa50a2ce7777b46bec697020a0aa-224x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/d974fa50a2ce7777b46bec697020a0aa.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9928\" alt=\"d974fa50a2ce7777b46bec697020a0aa\" src=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/d974fa50a2ce7777b46bec697020a0aa.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/d974fa50a2ce7777b46bec697020a0aa.jpg 500w, http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/d974fa50a2ce7777b46bec697020a0aa-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is not to say I don&#8217;t want to hear from you! I do! \u00c2\u00a0But, please don&#8217;t feel you have to participate unless you want to participate. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;d love to hear from you, learn more about you. 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I know that most of my writing is for myself. \u00c2\u00a0I ran <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9927\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9927\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D9927&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F03%2Fd974fa50a2ce7777b46bec697020a0aa.jpg&#038;description=Journaling%20-%20why%3F\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9927\" data-text=\"Journaling - why?\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Journaling - why?\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9927\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9927\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journaling%20-%20why%3F&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D9927&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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