I was actually really happy to find LJ when a lot of my local friends started blogging here. I used to write long informative emails to various friends, talking about my days, and they would get lost in email archives. I like having one place with all that info, and I do go back to remind myself of things. I keep notes on my heath, books I've read and movies I've watched, places I've gone and restaurants at which I've eaten. I've done the LJ book thing, and plan to do it now that I've migrated to dreamwidth. I want to keep my journal entries around for my own records, but I'm fine with them being deleted once I'm gone. :) I'm still thinking about how I feel about a niece or nephew finding and reading an archive of my public posts. Not sure that it's coherent enough, though I guess they could find some value from looking at or around specific dates. I like reading about your days, this has been my way to keep in touch with people I met via Usenet. I know that it can be somewhat superficial, but I tend to keep my reading list down to people that I'd actually want to visit with in person. :)
I don't do as much travel/book/movie/dining-out blogging as you do. If I'd had the forethought to somehow mark specific entries like those, I'd be tempted to keep just that much for sure.
I do like the sharing aspects of blogging, and 70% of the time, that's my reason for it. The other 30% are the days I just need to see my thoughts "out there somewhere." I see blogging as conversation though, casual banter, not the kind of thing one wants to record for all of time.
I'm undecided as to how long I want to hang on to it all during my own lifetime, I hardly ever reference it (maybe once a year or three), but the thought of it outliving me is rather unappealing.
I've done the LJ book thing, and plan to do it now that I've migrated to dreamwidth. I want to keep my journal entries around for my own records, but I'm fine with them being deleted once I'm gone. :) I'm still thinking about how I feel about a niece or nephew finding and reading an archive of my public posts. Not sure that it's coherent enough, though I guess they could find some value from looking at or around specific dates.
I like reading about your days, this has been my way to keep in touch with people I met via Usenet. I know that it can be somewhat superficial, but I tend to keep my reading list down to people that I'd actually want to visit with in person. :)
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I don't do as much travel/book/movie/dining-out blogging as you do. If I'd had the forethought to somehow mark specific entries like those, I'd be tempted to keep just that much for sure.
I do like the sharing aspects of blogging, and 70% of the time, that's my reason for it. The other 30% are the days I just need to see my thoughts "out there somewhere." I see blogging as conversation though, casual banter, not the kind of thing one wants to record for all of time.
I'm undecided as to how long I want to hang on to it all during my own lifetime, I hardly ever reference it (maybe once a year or three), but the thought of it outliving me is rather unappealing.
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