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Writer's Block: How I got on LJ
Jun. 17th, 2008 02:57 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
I don't know who introduced me... if there was a particular person I don't remember who it was. I used to browse online diary sites, including mydiary, and LiveJournal came up on my searches a few times. I played with the idea of starting one, but it's weird to think about why or how one would journal publicly. I always liked the idea of having a journal online, since I've lost several paper journals and I'm always online anyway. But whether to go public or private and what to write about hung me up for a long time.
Then I got pregnant!
So I started a journal for Blue. That was easy--clear purpose, a defined audience (my family), clear boundaries for what I would and would not write.
It took me more than a year to start this more personal journal, but by then I had the hang of LJ, understood how the communities and the privacy settings work, and really REALLY needed a place to vent and get some support. My personal life was very tough when I started this LJ.
Along the way I started another one strictly for links and articles. I kept running across stuff I wanted to be able to refer back to, but I didn't want to clutter up this LJ with that stuff. So![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
spread_word was born. I joined a bunch of communities for grammar and spelling, uh, enthusiasts with that LJ too, hence the icon. I really need to change that icon! Ha ha. Anyway, now I have a few people friended to that LJ though it's really mostly just a collection of stuff, not a lot of discussion. I put almost all my spirituality-related links there because I am afraid of chasing people away from my regular LJ with that stuff. Christianity really seems to offend people these days. *sigh*
Anyway, that's my story!
I don't know who introduced me... if there was a particular person I don't remember who it was. I used to browse online diary sites, including mydiary, and LiveJournal came up on my searches a few times. I played with the idea of starting one, but it's weird to think about why or how one would journal publicly. I always liked the idea of having a journal online, since I've lost several paper journals and I'm always online anyway. But whether to go public or private and what to write about hung me up for a long time.
Then I got pregnant!
So I started a journal for Blue. That was easy--clear purpose, a defined audience (my family), clear boundaries for what I would and would not write.
It took me more than a year to start this more personal journal, but by then I had the hang of LJ, understood how the communities and the privacy settings work, and really REALLY needed a place to vent and get some support. My personal life was very tough when I started this LJ.
Along the way I started another one strictly for links and articles. I kept running across stuff I wanted to be able to refer back to, but I didn't want to clutter up this LJ with that stuff. So
spread_word was born. I joined a bunch of communities for grammar and spelling, uh, enthusiasts with that LJ too, hence the icon. I really need to change that icon! Ha ha. Anyway, now I have a few people friended to that LJ though it's really mostly just a collection of stuff, not a lot of discussion. I put almost all my spirituality-related links there because I am afraid of chasing people away from my regular LJ with that stuff. Christianity really seems to offend people these days. *sigh*Anyway, that's my story!
