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[serenite]

It's hard to write upbeat, happy, and interesting posts when you're not exactly happy about your life. Here's the thing though, a study done found that people who journaled every day tended to only write about the unhappy things going on in their life (this was done in the pre-blog days). And the people who wrote these journals tended to get

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[spikdangel]

You know, I always write about the crappy things in my life because, generally speaking, a journal is meant to vent your frustrations, right? It is a lot easier to vent to a piece of paper, or a website, than it is to make one of your friends listen to you bitch about this stuff.

I'd rather share the good things with my friends in person, and leave the depressing things on my blog.

But, yeah, you have to be willing to look back on your life objectively. "Why did I write this? What state of mind was I in? Can I change that and make it more positive?"

Bleck. Enough of my rambling.

[serenite]

I don't think venting frustrations is bad. At least certainly not the way that you do it. Gives me a chance to keep up with what's going on and offer helpful suggestions if I have any...

my concern with my writing is that lately I've just been in sort of a gray mood all the time. There's not all that much actually wrong. I mean, the building I work in certainly isn't trying to poison me. Heck, I don't even have to work! My problems aren't big or important or even bad. I'm just sort of stressed out all the time and it makes me grumbly in the depressed way, not the cute pouncy grumpy kitten way.

So yeah, plus I like getting comments and I figured if I made more fun postings I'd get more comments.

It's been working, see how brilliant I am!?!?!? :D

[krystal00]

*sigh*

So the first thing I do after I read the article is surf the site. Good god.

[serenite]

I tried to stop you. I really did!

Bad Jill, no cookies for you today...okay mebbe one. :D