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journalsandplanners2017-05-08 12:08 pm
annofowlshire) wrote in journalsandplanners2017-05-08 12:08 pm
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Journaling Privately and Publicly
In my early 20s, I got introduced to online journaling (aka LJ), and later on blogs. I used them extensively and nattered on about just about everything in my life. In my late 20s, I got introduced to 750Words, in which I nattered on privately and even more intimately.
Then, in my mid-30s, I went through some serious life upheavals and changes, and I found that even journaling "privately" on someone else's server felt uncomfortable and potentially invasive. I've moved through various versions of offline-but-still electronic journaling, and then moving into old fashioned pen and paper. I've even become proficient in a form of shorthand/code to further increase my privacy (but sadly means whoever inherits them will probably not be very interested in them :P)
Anyway! The thing is, when I reverted to private journaling, I left my online journals in neglect, and even now, I'm finding myself having trouble knowing what to write on them, because either I feel like I'm not being personal enough, or I'm revealing too much. Even behind locked posts.
So now that I've blabbed on about myself, I turn to ask you--what do you put on your online/public journals? How does it differ from what goes into your private journals? I find high value in journaling privately, but I miss being part of an online journaling community. Please give me advice on how to be an online journaler again!
Then, in my mid-30s, I went through some serious life upheavals and changes, and I found that even journaling "privately" on someone else's server felt uncomfortable and potentially invasive. I've moved through various versions of offline-but-still electronic journaling, and then moving into old fashioned pen and paper. I've even become proficient in a form of shorthand/code to further increase my privacy (but sadly means whoever inherits them will probably not be very interested in them :P)
Anyway! The thing is, when I reverted to private journaling, I left my online journals in neglect, and even now, I'm finding myself having trouble knowing what to write on them, because either I feel like I'm not being personal enough, or I'm revealing too much. Even behind locked posts.
So now that I've blabbed on about myself, I turn to ask you--what do you put on your online/public journals? How does it differ from what goes into your private journals? I find high value in journaling privately, but I miss being part of an online journaling community. Please give me advice on how to be an online journaler again!
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My LJ/DW is for fandom purposes, talking about some things going on in my life (I'm currently very heavy on posts about converting to Judaism, for example), and things of similar nature. I'm aware that what I'm writing isn't private but 99% of my posts are locked so it isn't public, either. I view LJ/DW as an extended conversation with a group of friends, some of whom I know better than others.
My Tumblr is public by site design and pretty much nothing personal goes on there.
Largely, my advice is to search for active communities about things you're interested in, make posts and comment in others' posts, and if people sound interesting, add them to your subscriptions. As you get to know people, adding them to your access list would be an easy way to control who does or doesn't have access to things you may not want to share to a wider audience.
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