I had a look at my journals today to make an index. So this is what I found:
Journal 1 - 24 May 2000 to 25 September 2002
Journal 2 - 25 September 2002 to 21 November 2002
Journal 3 - 26 November 2002 to 11 June 2003
Journal 4 - 12 June 2003 to 01 December 2003
Journal 5 - 02 December 2003 to 07 June 2004
Journal 6 - 12 June 2004 to 12 September 2004 - 75 pages
Journal 7 - 12 September 2004 to 13 February 2005 - 299 pages
Journal 8 - 14 February 2005 - 27 April 2005 - 141 pages
Journal 9 - 28 April 2005 - 09 January 2006 - 195 pages
Journal 10 - 11 January 2006 - 24 May 2006 - 199 pages
Journal 11 - 24 May 2006 - 31 August 2008 - 381 pages (BIG HULK OF A4 JOURNAL)
Journal 12 - 01 September 2008 - 13 January 2009 - 165 pages
Journal 13 - 15 January 2009 - 15 February 2009 - 138 pages
Journal 14 - 15 February 2009 - 24 April 2009 - 138 pages
Journal 15 - 25 April 2009 - 10 October 2009 - 255 pages
Journal 16 - 11 October 2009 - 17 March 2010 - 239 pages
Journal 17 - 18 March 2010 - 25 April 2010 - 95 pages
Journal 18 - 25 April 2010 - Present
I discovered:
I didn't start numbering pages of my journals, and keeping indexes until Journal 6
The numbers of journal used increased dramatically in 2009. That is when I consciously realised how important journal writing was to me, and what difference it could make in my life. That was the year I completely fell in love with journaling as a life-time thing. 2010 is set to continue just as strongly.
Over the years I also learned the importance of quality journals. Most of mine are good, but there are a couple of cheap ones that are not standing the test of time well.
Looking at this index, I feel that I would like to start a new journal at the beginning of each year, but I also don't like to waste journal space, so from now on, I am going to try to make sure that I complete a journal by 31/12. Then a fresh new start on 1st of January.
