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On the Nature of Journaler's
Wednesday, April 7th, 2004 10:46 am
Everytime something happens that invariably sticks in my memory for at least a week or so, I get the feeling at the moment it happens that it would be good in my livejournal, if only ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sonnlich wrote it. Myself, I think about it a bit, and never get around to it.
(NB: the following observances may be incorrect, and are half based on my feelings and memory (folly!). I've already edited twice to correct myself after visiting relevant journals. No more editing!)
This morning I was thinking about the different way people write on my friends list.sonnlich writes an incredible amount about not only her life, but little happenings and random thoughts as well. cear does an update about every two weeks generally. lizbyrd used to write about the big happenings in her life with long gaps between, with only a very few little happenings. Now-a-days she updates more regularly and mixes the little things and big things into the same posts. dr_jekyl writes about her life and her fic at a rate that seems to have no pattern, but is rather close to my own fits-and-starts rate of updating.
Then there's me. I tend to write about things I rate big in my life, with the kinda-big-but-rated-little-as-will-not-matter-soon things being bypassed. Sometimes I write about what seems to be little stuff, but is really just connected to a big thing that's happening, even if I haven't mentioned the big thing. If I think too much time has passed since my last update, I often fill in the gap with observances on the miniscule happenings I've observed that I've enjoyed. In filling my journal in this way, I miss out on quite a lot of what would be entertaining writing if only I would write it. Then again, writing in such a spasmodic way with only things rated big on my list keeps me updating. I'd love to wrote lots about everything assonnlich does, but I'd probably burn out my updating ability out if I did.
Still, sometimes I wish that I'd follow through on that initial update impulse I get when I see stuff, so that my journal would be a more interesting read *grin*
sonnlich wrote it. Myself, I think about it a bit, and never get around to it.(NB: the following observances may be incorrect, and are half based on my feelings and memory (folly!). I've already edited twice to correct myself after visiting relevant journals. No more editing!)
This morning I was thinking about the different way people write on my friends list.
sonnlich writes an incredible amount about not only her life, but little happenings and random thoughts as well. cear does an update about every two weeks generally. lizbyrd used to write about the big happenings in her life with long gaps between, with only a very few little happenings. Now-a-days she updates more regularly and mixes the little things and big things into the same posts. dr_jekyl writes about her life and her fic at a rate that seems to have no pattern, but is rather close to my own fits-and-starts rate of updating.Then there's me. I tend to write about things I rate big in my life, with the kinda-big-but-rated-little-as-will-not-matter-soon things being bypassed. Sometimes I write about what seems to be little stuff, but is really just connected to a big thing that's happening, even if I haven't mentioned the big thing. If I think too much time has passed since my last update, I often fill in the gap with observances on the miniscule happenings I've observed that I've enjoyed. In filling my journal in this way, I miss out on quite a lot of what would be entertaining writing if only I would write it. Then again, writing in such a spasmodic way with only things rated big on my list keeps me updating. I'd love to wrote lots about everything as
sonnlich does, but I'd probably burn out my updating ability out if I did.Still, sometimes I wish that I'd follow through on that initial update impulse I get when I see stuff, so that my journal would be a more interesting read *grin*
