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[gyrfalki]

I thought it might be the right time to resurrect my journal. It's been nearly two years since I wrote anything noteworthy in a journal, and the backlog is beginning to be a little too much. I wonder how many of the people I used to know on Livejournal will find this one, or if any of them would even notice

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[pasdeschiens]

...if you really feel like it, you could probably literally resurrect your old journal. I've never understood the arbitrary "30 days" timestamp they put on these things, my experience suggests that deleted is basically put on hold, unless you purge it all.

I know you may not want to take that step - but it might have some words tucked away you've forgotten.

[gyrfalki]

I've thought about it, a few times. But I think I had to let it die for a reason. I'd started archiving bits and pieces on my home comp, and reading back through it...

...ever get the feeling you don't know who you were, or who you're going to be? I re-read entries that could've been written by someone else. I guess technically they were.

[pasdeschiens]

I'm working through mine from the beginning (Nov, 03) and friends-locking all of the entries. It's considerably more painful than I'd anticipated, which is probably a sign that I should stop. I also know I've got about six months of entries that'll get worse before it gets better (currently on July 04, I moved into my own place in January 05, after drama), so I'm not sure what best to do.

Also torn on whether or not I should write out a couple of (painful) ideas I've got knocking around inside my head. I'm not sure whether it's cathartic or dwelling. The fact I'm focussing so much on it makes me think I should get it out, and move on.

[gyrfalki]

The more you tear the stitches, the bigger the scar; but good or bad, scars are part of what make us I think. I'm completely covered in them, but only on the inside.

Write! Tis better to write, than not to write, and forget! My (ex) psych encouraged me to write as much as possible, mostly out of catharsis, but also because it's a way of exploring yourself, and finding out how you put things together, even with issues you've 'dealt' with. I have a habit of dealing with things, then having to re-deal with them six months later. Hmm.

And you can always hit delete. Or make it private. Nobody need ever know.

[gyrfalki]

Done!

Now, if only I could be buggered writing something substantial enough to be read eh? Then again, looks like a cruising week at work, might have something to mumble about...