This is a site dedicated to the idea of a structured (to some degree) documenting of personal philosophy, the Personal Philosophical Meditation. What it really is: a journal or diary, but instead of documenting mundane, literal activities, it documents your philosophical reflections. It is a workspace for you to work out personal quandaries of thought. "What do I believe in? Why? Why do my beliefs sometimes seem inconsistent? Do I have reasons, and do I have reasons for the reasons?" This workspace can either be personal, for your eyes only, or public, inviting interaction and social commentary.

Think of it as a cross between NPR's This I Believe and that diary you kept as a kid.
  
The philosophical journal can come in many forms:

• A physical notebook, or bound volume, like the "traditional" diary
• An electronic document, written with a common text editor (Microsoft Word, OpenOffice) and saved to hard drive or disc
• An electronic document saved with a cloud computing service that allows access from multiple locations at the will of the writer (Google Docs, Zoho Docs)
• A published weblog, posted to the web
• An unpublished weblog, stored online and structured, but not available for public reading
• A Twitter feed, or any other method using new forms of social media (and new methods are invented each day!)

The weblogs allow tagging and cross-referencing to help organize ideas as they develop. The documents can be edited at will,  developed and changed as ideas develop and change. Of course, there is no reason to stick to one method: record your thoughts with pen and paper when away from the computer, record them later in a electronic master file, and select excerpts to post to your blog. You can do whatever comes naturally, as long as you are engaged in the active process of critical thinking and personal development.

The philosophical journal is:

• a release
• a way to structure our thoughts and feelings, many of which are fleeting, and many forgotten, like a dream, if not documented
• a way to structure a system of beliefs. Writing what you believe lets you reflect on your philosophy, find weaknesses, strengths, and the contradictions that can make us hypocrites, generally allowing you to know thyself.

Confused? See the FAQ  
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Your thoughts as your legacy...  your bound journal as a keepsake