the changes and strangeness of it all.
How strange it is to be sitting here tpying on livejournal... I remember a time in my life when I couldn't go a day or two without pouring my heart out on here. I even remember telling friends "I don't know what I would do without livejournal". I first started livejournal when I was 17 years old and I am now 31! How crazy is that? I feel quite old. Livejournal was my one and only for almost a decade. There was no such thing as many other places to connect other than Facebook every now and then. BUT then came Instagram, Blogs, SnapChat, etc etc etc and I feel like so much changed.
I cannot begin to express the personal aspects of livejournal that I have missed. The un-edited words that just come out while typing away. I won't be checking this to make sure that everything was said perfectly because quite frankly, right now I am tired and also, I miss being able to have the freedom to not worry about that. Not feeling the need to double check every word or make every thing look pretty, just... it is what it is in the moment. Realness.
I miss the connections with people. Everything was so much more personal and we all took the time to read about one another. Now it seems our attention span doesn't last more than three seconds. On SnapChat I set my snaps for 3 seconds or less as I find most people end up skipping anything that is longer. How sad is that? It goes to show how much social media, as well as our attention span and expectations have changed so drastically.
Although I take part in these platforms, I have never stopped feeling like "something is missing". When I write personal details on my blog, I still feel that I have to hold back in case something came off as "too unprofessional". I don't feel like I can ever fully let go and write without having to edit a lot.
I miss the randomness of it all also. Unplanned writing.
I don't know if anyone is even reading this, I don't know if anyone even updates here anymore. I miss all of you deeply and many of you I am still connected with but I hope to make this more of a regular "thing". I will have to be very selective of who I let read my posts as I am extremely cautious about who I let into my circle.
Sending you all love, anyone who is reading this :)
I cannot begin to express the personal aspects of livejournal that I have missed. The un-edited words that just come out while typing away. I won't be checking this to make sure that everything was said perfectly because quite frankly, right now I am tired and also, I miss being able to have the freedom to not worry about that. Not feeling the need to double check every word or make every thing look pretty, just... it is what it is in the moment. Realness.
I miss the connections with people. Everything was so much more personal and we all took the time to read about one another. Now it seems our attention span doesn't last more than three seconds. On SnapChat I set my snaps for 3 seconds or less as I find most people end up skipping anything that is longer. How sad is that? It goes to show how much social media, as well as our attention span and expectations have changed so drastically.
Although I take part in these platforms, I have never stopped feeling like "something is missing". When I write personal details on my blog, I still feel that I have to hold back in case something came off as "too unprofessional". I don't feel like I can ever fully let go and write without having to edit a lot.
I miss the randomness of it all also. Unplanned writing.
I don't know if anyone is even reading this, I don't know if anyone even updates here anymore. I miss all of you deeply and many of you I am still connected with but I hope to make this more of a regular "thing". I will have to be very selective of who I let read my posts as I am extremely cautious about who I let into my circle.
Sending you all love, anyone who is reading this :)