The Journeyman Journaler

No, it’s not my latest album, featuring a collection of all my favorite folk songs. Although, admit it. It would make a great LP Title. No, just a word or two on the benefit of keeping a journal. Do you do it? Do you refuse to do it? Do you even care? 
 
Archeologists Indiana Jones and Nathan Drake swear by them. Truman Capote actually armed his and used it to destroy any real relationship he had left. For those of you keeping score, here’s just a partial list of those who benefited from the practice.
 
Mark Twain
Marie Curie
Ernest Hemmingway
Susan Sontag
Frida
C.S. Lewis

All journaled and benefited.
 
And those that didn’t:
 
The Sundance Kid
The Mayhem Commercial Guy
All Members of the Rat Pack
Brett Favre
 
And those that never should:
Ted Bundy
H.H. Holmes
and
Donald J. Trump
 
I used to write at least three pages a day. I made this my practice for almost ten years. Did I receive any benefit from it? Well, it did successfully cramp my hand and take me from writing on other things for at least an hour. Did it make me a better writer? Not sure. All I can say is that I did it. It was sort of like smoking cigarettes for me. One day I was doing it, and the next, I just stopped. I’m not really sure what I am even getting at here. But here is the bottom line. If you do it, enjoy it, and keep it up. If you are not getting anything out of it, don’t. 
 
That is all.