Hi....I need to write something

[burendasan4]

This is boring but it'll get me started writing on here.....

I've been keeping a 5-year diary since 2020, so I will finish filling it out at the end of the year! This is my second 5-year diary in a row. But I have decided to not start another 5-year diary in 2025. Each entry is pretty quick to write...but I'm just tired of keeping one and feeling that I HAVE to write something every day.

I think instead I will try to write on some of my blank/semi-blank journals that I have. That way I have more space than just a handful of lines to write on. Usually after writing my daily entry on my 5-year diary, I don't feel like writing any more. In other words, I can barely eke out enough time/energy to write on my 5-year diary. The exception to that was during the pandemic lockdown...I wrote on both the 5-year diary and longer entries on a journal every day for about a year....

All right, I really need to go to sleep. Maybe I'll write some more on here later?

Comments

[blogcutter]

Hi. welcome back! I enjoyed your entries a few years back on photography, buy-nothing days, and now the whole process of journal-keeping. Do you find you write about different things in your paper journals than you do online, where you expect others to be reading it? And do you tend to write longer or shorter entries depending on which medium you're using?

[burendasan4]

Those are good questions. I am definitely more guarded online, but here on Dreamwidth, I feel more comfortable going on at length about things that interest me. I will also write about personal things, particularly things that I think others could relate to, or "lessons learned."

In my paper journals, I have more "here's what I did today" sorts of entries. I also write about really personal things (particularly unresolved) that I don't think need to go public. That also includes my thoughts on political events.

My 5-year diary entries are pretty short, but my regular journaling entries can go quite long. My social media posts are rather short and infrequent, but my entries on here can go long. So....I would say right now I have more long entries in my paper journals.

I'm glad you have enjoyed the entries I've written.