I understand completey. That's the main reason my own journal is dying a slow, painful death. At first, I thought "yes, I need more people reading my journal!!" and turned on just about anyone I could think of to it (reasonably so). Now, I find myself tailoring---or even censoring--my posts based on my audience.
That's fine if I'm writing a newspaper column. . . but not here, methinks.
I started another journal some time ago, although I have yet to utilize it for its intended purpose. But yeah, it'll stay private too.
i agree also...i started this thing thinking that i would use it often and disclose a lot of what is bothering me, but i don't. i think of something that i want to say/write about and then i think "do i really want so-and-so to read this?" or whatever...so i find myself just putting random shit about my day in here...nothing deep or introspective...i keep all that to myself. censoring a journal sucks, and defeats its purpose.
when you sit down and write something and decide to make it private, it is pointless...why take the time to type it at all? i just end up deleting whatever i have written.
so i don't really know what the point is of this either...i enjoy reading what others have to say and thats about all this thing is good for, for me at least.
hmm....i see a pattern here. I feel the exact same way you do. Soon after i started my journal i started censoring my entries. Kinda like, you want all your friends to be able read your journal but then again you dont cuz most of what you write about is...about them. So i found myself doing the exact same thing you did, posting generic everyday blah stuff because i didnt want my friends knowing my inner most thoughts. Which caused me to eventually lose interest. My posts were far and few between. I had to start another journal and just kept it to myself. So i think this whole journaling idea is a great one, only thing id change is having it open to the public to read.
truly this whole LJ thing is one big irony then-- the things we want to write about are usually the things that give us the most conflict and the things that give us the most conflict are usually sparked by those we are closest to and around the most-- our friends... so we want to write about it... we begin to type it and realize that the people who are going to be reading this are going to be... friends
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That's fine if I'm writing a newspaper column. . . but not here, methinks.
I started another journal some time ago, although I have yet to utilize it for its intended purpose. But yeah, it'll stay private too.
Some thoughts just aren't meant to be broadcast.
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when you sit down and write something and decide to make it private, it is pointless...why take the time to type it at all? i just end up deleting whatever i have written.
so i don't really know what the point is of this either...i enjoy reading what others have to say and thats about all this thing is good for, for me at least.
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And, incidentally, glad to help. You know my AIM name if ya need me.
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Take care of yourself.
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