A question re: the DailyOM posts...

[ariestess]

So once again, I've got questions re: my DailyOM posts. I've been having some issues in getting them posted in a timely manner, but I do still make them up eventually w/ retroactive/backdated posts. But is this something that y'all are even interested in reading in my journal at all? I know I did a post about this a while back, but I'm having

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[crowie]

It's a bit funny, see, I don't actually read your Daily OM posts properly.

However for some reason they've become a part of my routine, as in I really enjoy scrolling past them and reading a phrase or two and thinking about that.

So yeah I find it somewhat reassuring to see them there even though I don't really read them. However I wouldn't get upset if they went away since it's daft to be upset that something has gone that you don't really read, in addition to the whole entitlement thing which I'm usually pretty chilled about, i.e. it's your journal so the content should be your choice completely. If something becomes more of a chore than a fun thing to do, stop doing it (ok doesn't apply to vital things like jobs and cleaning litterboxes etc.) but you know what I mean.. I hope.

I never said I'd make sense.

[ariestess]

No, it makes total sense, actually.

It's kind of becoming a chore for me, primarily because of a stupid rule I imposed on myself many months ago [before I started working again], in which I'm not "allowed" to post anything to my LJ on a given day until I've posted the DailyOM post. And I got into that routine back then, and now, with work, that becomes a chore. But I've just been backdating the entries when I don't do them on a specific day. I think I just need to readjust my thinking on this and post them, but say fuck it to not posting anything else until I've posted them...

There are a few things I need to rethink on...and I think your comment helps in a lot of ways with what I need to be considering. Not that it's knocking anyone else's comments, of course....

[celestialwillow]

If they're a self-inflicted chore then surely that must go against what they're all about in the first place?!

[ariestess]

To an extent, yes...

[crowie]

I would drop the "not allowed to post other stuff" rule, really and just post the SomeWhatDailyOMs instead ;)

You could always mass post a few (in one post, behind a LJ cut or backdated) if you've missed a few out and want to keep them for archives so to speak. The CatchUpOMs :D

[ariestess]

Yeah, that's pretty much what I do, the backdating I mean. It's just that I have to get myself out of the "do the OMs first" mentality. Which I'm working on...