My opinion of Roy Hoffman's Journal: Blog 4

I personally have never even thought of keeping a journal. Writing isn't something that I really like to do in my free time. When ever I do write it's usually because I have to for school. Keeping a journal wouldn't be the best way for me to be reminded of things that I've done in the past. Pictures and my mind help me retain the memories that I find important to me. I feel like if I don't remember the incident right off of the top of my head then it obviously wasn't that great of a memory anyway. I may not remember the minor details of past memories but I know the bulk of it and what they mean to me. I'm not saying that keeping a journal is dumb, it's just not something I ever see myself doing.
I think that Roy Hoffman started keeping a journal a little later than most people. He started this his freshman year of college. That would make him about eighteen years old. From what I have observed it seems like most people start to keep journals at young ages, not in their late teenage years. I suppose that it's never too late to do anything, unless you're dead. It's a good way for him to remind him self that he was once young. His journals remind him of the faintest details of his life ranging from a girl he had a crush on to students riding by the library on squeaky bicycles.
I don't totally agree with Hoffman's idea that every college student should keep a journal or diary. Some students don't have tome to keep a journal. I know that I barely have time for the necessities of life like working, going to school, and trying to find time to study. I do think that in the long run keeping a journal will make you a better writer. If I did keep a journal I would be able to write my true thoughts and feelings down with out being embarrassed like I would be if I told someone in person.
In my opinion Hofman kept a journal because he enjoyed to do so. Writing in his journal was something that he did as a leisure activity. If you like to write and read about your memories and things from the past then keeping a journal would be a good idea. A journal would also provide information about your life that could be passed down generation to generation. The journal would speak for you when you couldn't.