Not so deep thoughts

[finex]

A couple of months ago when a friend expressed his thoughts about deleting his own Live Journal, it seemed inconceivable to me to do such a thing, so I opted to give him some advice that I hoped would stay his decision. My comments could be summed up with: Live journal is what you make it, which is the same type of hollow rhetoric that seems to be

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[pink_special_k]

you know what? ive thought about what livejournal really means to me... i find that its a way of saying things you want people to know whithout actually having to tell them. people like talking about themselves and there may be things they want others to know about them, whether it be an emotion or an event, but they feel like they are being too self absorbed by actually out and saying it to a person, hence they record it here, where it seems as tho its for their own personal use but i think in a way its a way for them to let others know wahts going on... you know what i mean?

LOL

[finex]

You've managed to say more in that one paragraph than I did in that short essay.

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[pink_special_k]

oops sorry :P but yeah that...

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[pink_special_k]

oh btw.. i dont have ur email or nething.. i found ur number cuz i had myke's n nats...

[heraldofchaos]

Lj, is totaly what you make it

[finex]

I was only contemplating deleting my journal, I've never had my finger on the button as the expression goes. As for writting my problems out and analysing them, I totally agree with that, and I still use the method, but I usually find that I can solve my own issues privately, hence I have a *gasp* paper journal.

[feraldelight]

Everyone is different, so livejournal has different uses for everyone.. for me writing things out helps me make sense of them, it actually helps me deal with things.. having to formally think it thru for ideas to be fit enough to be available for other to see. It makes me think things thru a little more carefully.. so I find it productive. But it is true that thinking more possitively than dwelling on the negative (even to just write it out) can also be productive. Either way good luck ( =

[finex]

I completely agree with that, however I'm beginging to think that I can deal with my own problems and not inflict them on my friends, unless there is a genuine need, which I think is better accomplished in a conversation.

In the mornings, I wake up and the first thing I do is write a page or two of free association verse. Anything troubling me usually spills out onto the paper, which lays out the problem for analysis and often the solution is just a matter of logical application and critical thinking.

stranger and strange thoughts

[thistoshallpass]

yeah I know we don't know each other... but ..

before I got my lj everyone was talking about it and wanted to get one so I could keep in touch with some people. as time went on I found it was a great place to be able to inform lots of people about info (like when I had my b-day party) now it has been a place where I can ask all those strange questions that go on in my head (like am I cuter then a potato) and some outlet for my stress. I like lj for a tool to findout how my friends are doing and sounds cheese to meet new people..

but yeah there is alot of drama out there but I think there is drama everywhere it is how you decided to approach it (like I know someone who just doesn't read ANY of the drama that goes on) or how you decided to use it.

btw: not to much thought into the post.. that is what lj is for.

Agreed

[finex]

The wonderful thing about live journal is that there are no hard and fast rules, use it as you see fit. Right now, I just don't think it makes a good self-help group, lol.

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[thistoshallpass]

yeah more of a distructive group then a helping group .but then sometime Lj helps with great nights out.

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[finex]

yah, which kind of makes my point about raising your dirty laundry for everyone to see.

[phoboskitty]

I have one Lj account..I will only have one, I do not delete posts ( that is stupid) why people have "other" journals is beyond me...the people on your friends list should be your FRIENDS!!! so you should not worry about offending anyone...

i dunno...it is all crap to me...

[heraldofchaos]

simple...

my other journal isnt mine.

[phoboskitty]

you have another journal?

[finex]

different people = different uses
I'm not saying one way or the other is the right way, just saying that I've put a little bit of thought into how I use this tool.