[rianjs]

Congratulations, you've re-discovered blogging. ;P

In all seriousness, though, writing does help. The productivity block you're talking about was the reason I started blogging way back in the day. I don't write much personal stuff anymore because I don't need to, and when I do, it's an email to one or two people and that's it. As chrisaycock noted, sometimes all you need to do is observe your thoughts and feelings, and then they get out of your way, leaving you feeling less burdened.

[theBobMcCormick]

Journaling existed a long time before blogging. And for me at least, the old fashioned journaling, where you just write stream of consciousness stuff that you know will never be seen by anyone else, is a lot more liberating than blogging. Not only because you know that nobody else is going to ever see it, but also because of the writing technique usually recommended (just keep writing, don't edit, don't re-read, don't critique,etc).

I always found that blogging was just one more thing for my to procrastinate and end up not doing. :-(