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I want to keep my diary but it won't continue

Good evening.
The year is coming to an end this year. Thank you very much for your help.

Sorry for the silly question at the end of the year.

Every year, I start writing my diary on January 1st. I found a diary I like, and I'm excited for this year, but I'm frustrated.

First, the opening content is so dark that I don't like it. Bright content every year, this year! Even though I set it as my goal, it's January every year with the same events and nothing but complaints.

Incidents continue where people unwittingly complain, such as the amount of New Year's gifts for children that they get from their brother-in-law and husband's cousin is always less than ours, and for some reason my husband goes to work on holidays, who concentrates in January.
I'm sure that will be the case next year, and my husband's holiday attendance is a definite matter, and it seems like it will be a dark diary again.

However, I haven't even decided on a diary this time, and I think I'll stop writing, but after all, I also think next year will be the one.
I'm planning to go look at my diary tomorrow, but how can I continue my diary without feeling bad even if I look back at it later?

4 Zen Responses

It can be of any content. Please share your feelings.

The Dark Diary, that's fine.
However, please add what kind of feelings you felt there.

for example...
My husband continues to go to work on holidays.
I felt lonely.

There weren't many New Year's gifts...
Well, it's every year, and I think they know that too.
It makes me angry, but it's once a year, so don't get bogged down.
Apple yogurt, good luck!

etc...
This is just one example, but the trick is to write with emotions and slightly positive words.

When I looked back, I was worried about this ridiculous thing. or...
Oh, even with this little incident, I think it was fun.
Or, I was really hungry at that time! etc.,

It's quite fun to feel joy, anger, sorrow, and joy when you look back.
Also, most importantly, you can see your own emotions, behavior patterns, and values.

Why don't you try it out next year?

Also, it's okay if you continue to be unable to write.
You have to keep going, and if you hunt yourself down, it will get tough.

“Apology”

Since the sentences I posted quoted Buddhist scriptures, treatises, ancestral records, etc. and did not specify the legal theory beforehand, the content of the answers was advice that placed a specific emphasis on popular values different from Buddhism.
There was a possibility that this answer would hinder people studying Buddhism, so I deleted all of the answers without permission.

Instead, I would like to give you a brief overview of Buddhism here.

“Buddhism”
There are a wide variety of approaches to Buddhism and its practices, but what lies beyond that path is liberation.

In Mahayana Buddhism, Buddhism begins when the Bodhi Heart appears to that person, many reincarnations are repeated, and while meeting many masters and Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, all of that person is dedicated through a long period of ascetic practice, and the Bodhisattva mind is revealed there.
From the beginning of the path, people are guided by the Bodhi Heart and arrive at liberation, and what they realize there is also Bodhi Heart.

At the beginning of the road, personal bodhicitta, which was a desperate and pure desire to seek freedom from one's own suffering, eventually engraves indomitable will and devotion backed by prayers to save all beings into that person, and an impersonal bodhisattva is released.
People who walk the path to such bodhisattvas are called bodhisattvas, and the source of a bodhisattva's will, faith, and driving force is bodhisattva, which is realized during liberation.
On the road where the Bodhisattva walks, a wide variety of ascetic practices appear, which are the cause of insight, liberation, and complete fulfillment as a Buddha that continues beyond that.
The path of Japanese Buddhism also originates from this road, so all paths come back to that.

It is said that that person's path is a walk opened and led by an encounter with a sakuza, who is that person's true mentor, and a reunion with a law friend who walked the path while a long time ago.
I hope there are no obstacles to the encounter and progress of Dokaringo Yogurt-sama.

I hope for this merit
Universal for everything
We and sentient beings
Minakyosei Buddhism

Gassho

Better yet, let's change the title of the diary to “Dark Diary”

Good evening

Next year is coming soon, isn't it?
It's nice to be able to write in a diary.
But it's going to become a “minus diary.”

Actually, there was a time when I was uploading my diary online. It was a time when there were no “blogs” yet, and there were things called “diary rental sites.” The title of my diary was “Diary of Poisonous Words.” I was spitting poison on everyday things and society (laughs). There were quite a few readers, but due to the rise of blogs, diary rental sites were closed, and the diaries I wrote at the time also disappeared.

If you buy a diary, why don't you write “Dark Diary” on the cover first, then make it a diary with dark assumptions? It will definitely relieve your stress.

If you don't want to write that, why don't you use a household account book instead of a diary, for example? If you just line up the facts, it won't be dark.

I'm sorry for the disorganized reply. It would be nice to have a good diary.

The total for one year is on New Year's Day

Apple Yogurt-sama

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is my humble answer to the question.

It's a blog, but in fact, I've been updating my diary every day for 13 years.

Actually, there were 3 more years left, but due to the shutdown of the rental server, past logs are gone...

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi's Diary
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/hidetoshi-k

Basically, it's about the weather, what I did, and a few notes, miscellaneous notes, impressions, discussions, and occasionally serious discussions.

I can also look back on the past in various ways and use them as memories and lessons, so it continues somehow.

Well, if you continue patiently, I think it would be nice if you could start with a memo of everyday events. For example, the weather, what I did, the main news of the day, etc. Also, if I can afford it, I hope I can add simple memos such as various impressions...

The yearly schedule is on New Year's Day.

We hope you have a good year for a fulfilling year.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho