I have never really kept very many journals throughout my life. It seems that every time I try I start out really strong and write everyday, but after a while I forget about it or simply lose interest. To me, my sketchbook is my journal. The sketchbook I had in grade 12 of high school was full of preliminary sketches, ideas, websites, names, artists, smaller artworks, quotes and even reminders of things I needed to do for homework. This sketchbook showed me just how useful journals can be, and even though I'm not a very journal-oriented person, I still believe they have their uses for other people.
Journals have been around for a very long time, in the form of diaries, notebooks, and maps could even be seen as a journal of sorts. It is one of very few traditions that has not died down or burnt out since the age of technology. Everyone still finds them useful, and most electronic devices even have note taking programs or apps already built in. The human mind is only useful for remembering to a certain point, and if journals had never been invented, most of history's important details would have been lost or forgotten. Especially when people were on long expeditions overseas, and came across discoveries of different races and species, and even land that had never been seen before. All of this was written down in journals and even painted or drawn by artists.
Most people have begun to forget the importanceof journals, like me, and rely on technology (pictures and video) to remember everything for us.
What would happen if all of those things were destroyed? It is much easier to simply delete files on a computer than destroy every single documented historical event that has been written in a journal.
I think I will stick to using my sketchbook as a journal, though, it suits me better.
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