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1 Miss LJ, Goals
Feb. 5th, 2025 09:47 amS: ~8:36am
It's 2025 and I miss livejournal from "back in the day." ::sigh::
This is what I loved about livejournal:
-you can vent or spill tea anonymously (therefore speaking freely) *until you meet some of your lj friends
-eventually people follow your posts and comment *sometimes it's insightful or supportive
-you follow other people and read their "diaries" *sometimes living vicariously through them
This morning, I googled "online journal like livejournal" and found a couple of posts recommending dreamwidth. This isn't the first time I've googled that, but due to perfectionism and overthinking, I didn't get anywhere. Today, I actually did something about it (and pushed through the perfectionism and overthinking) and created a dreamwidth account! So welcome to my first post! *Yes, I am aware that lj still exists, but per google has lost a substantial amount of users since the takeover from a Russian company in 2017 ::shrugs::
My name "noteasyforme" came to me fairly quickly when prompted, because things have been a struggle. I don't know what it's like for everyone else, but I suspect that most people don't have the same struggles for "little everyday things" like I do. For example, I proofread this entry and have checked to see if "proofread is one word or two" (*A: one word); whether or not you should put a period after "etc" (*A: yes, always because it is an abbreviation); whether or not there is a symbol for "side note" because I tend to add side comments a lot (*A: yes, the symbol is an asterick.) It's exhausting...I believe it's due to my struggles with anxiety, perfectionism, ocd...some days are worse than others. I am NOT always going to re-read my posts multiple times and make corrections, but I feel extra pressure and anxious, maybe because it's my first post? I'm not sure...I know it doesn't make logical sense.
My current goals for creating this account:
-is to have a space to speak freely (because in the real world you can not without being judged, criticized, worry about hurting other people's feelings, etc.)
-self discovery
-self accountability
-therapeutic tool (find problematic patterns and hopefully solutions/how to improve in the future)
-generally speaking, just write to exercise my mind
-find a few interesting journals to read
Other info:
-I plan to write for at least 20 minutes each time
-I plan to do one post a day so same day posts will be edited if I come back later in the day.
I lost track of time and almost forgot I had an appointment in 10 minutes!
E: 9:50 am
It's 2025 and I miss livejournal from "back in the day." ::sigh::
This is what I loved about livejournal:
-you can vent or spill tea anonymously (therefore speaking freely) *until you meet some of your lj friends
-eventually people follow your posts and comment *sometimes it's insightful or supportive
-you follow other people and read their "diaries" *sometimes living vicariously through them
This morning, I googled "online journal like livejournal" and found a couple of posts recommending dreamwidth. This isn't the first time I've googled that, but due to perfectionism and overthinking, I didn't get anywhere. Today, I actually did something about it (and pushed through the perfectionism and overthinking) and created a dreamwidth account! So welcome to my first post! *Yes, I am aware that lj still exists, but per google has lost a substantial amount of users since the takeover from a Russian company in 2017 ::shrugs::
My name "noteasyforme" came to me fairly quickly when prompted, because things have been a struggle. I don't know what it's like for everyone else, but I suspect that most people don't have the same struggles for "little everyday things" like I do. For example, I proofread this entry and have checked to see if "proofread is one word or two" (*A: one word); whether or not you should put a period after "etc" (*A: yes, always because it is an abbreviation); whether or not there is a symbol for "side note" because I tend to add side comments a lot (*A: yes, the symbol is an asterick.) It's exhausting...I believe it's due to my struggles with anxiety, perfectionism, ocd...some days are worse than others. I am NOT always going to re-read my posts multiple times and make corrections, but I feel extra pressure and anxious, maybe because it's my first post? I'm not sure...I know it doesn't make logical sense.
My current goals for creating this account:
-is to have a space to speak freely (because in the real world you can not without being judged, criticized, worry about hurting other people's feelings, etc.)
-self discovery
-self accountability
-therapeutic tool (find problematic patterns and hopefully solutions/how to improve in the future)
-generally speaking, just write to exercise my mind
-find a few interesting journals to read
Other info:
-I plan to write for at least 20 minutes each time
-I plan to do one post a day so same day posts will be edited if I come back later in the day.
I lost track of time and almost forgot I had an appointment in 10 minutes!
E: 9:50 am
