If I Tell You I'm Strong, Will You Play Along?
I'm going to make an effort to journal again, at least a little bit. Part of it is not being able to be as eloquent as I'd like on Facebook...I'm not entirely sure why; certainly it's not an enforced character limit. Maybe it's because it's more public, although my LiveJournal was always pretty open. But there is an emotional difference between having 100 or so friends who are also bearing their souls, versus having 600+ friends ranging from your coworkers to that couple you sat next to at a social club once. Also, I feel like no one wants to hear from me on Facebook. They want me to post, don't get me wrong, but they don't want to read. Short sentences and pictures are encouraged there.
(Warring with this is my dislike of the company that bought LiveJournal, and how it's been run since. But I'm a very small, insignificant person; I can't imagine enemy spies are going to find anything out from *me* that's going to lead to the downfall of the free world.)
That being said, I really don't have much to say. I'd like to keep track on how I'm doing on my resolutions--I'd like to lose (more) weight, I'd like to pay off my credit card(s), I'd like to have a clean house. I did badly, well, and so-so on all three today: I ate takeout with Dad, but in my defense it's really hard to stick to my guns when I'm not on my schedule, so I'm not going to beat myself up too badly about that. I didn't work out, but I did do my makeup and hair and take some pictures for a concept I had in my head--if I can't shoot with people (and I'm not going to be able to much--somehow hanging out, even just to do a photoshoot, always seems to end up costing me money one way or the other), I'll take and edit my own damn photos, so I'll accept creativity as an acceptable trade. I didn't spend any money today, so, huzzah! And while I didn't tackle whatever chore is set for the 1st (years ago I found two great lists of chores to tackle, one per kitchen and one per rest of the house, to help keep me on track/from getting overwhelmed), I *did* set up my calendar for the rest of the year, clear out all paperwork over 7 years old and filed all the paperwork that came in in 2017, and cleared off my catch-all chest of drawers by the bathroom. I used the box Boo gave me for Christmas to organize all of my convention pamphlets, which cleared out the bottom drawer, and I had Dad help me mount my old corkboard (which has a bonus of adding even more Nintendo Nerdiness to my "Woman Cave", as The Mask calls it), and God bless Pinterest because I found on there a really effective way to organize my sunglasses by using tacks and lengths of ribbons on it.
I could have done more; I could always do more. But I also didn't give up and play The Sims for 9 hours (or at all), so I'm counting it as my first win of the year.
I should try to recreate my default icon. I like this one, but it's over 15 years old at this point. (Is that all?)
(Warring with this is my dislike of the company that bought LiveJournal, and how it's been run since. But I'm a very small, insignificant person; I can't imagine enemy spies are going to find anything out from *me* that's going to lead to the downfall of the free world.)
That being said, I really don't have much to say. I'd like to keep track on how I'm doing on my resolutions--I'd like to lose (more) weight, I'd like to pay off my credit card(s), I'd like to have a clean house. I did badly, well, and so-so on all three today: I ate takeout with Dad, but in my defense it's really hard to stick to my guns when I'm not on my schedule, so I'm not going to beat myself up too badly about that. I didn't work out, but I did do my makeup and hair and take some pictures for a concept I had in my head--if I can't shoot with people (and I'm not going to be able to much--somehow hanging out, even just to do a photoshoot, always seems to end up costing me money one way or the other), I'll take and edit my own damn photos, so I'll accept creativity as an acceptable trade. I didn't spend any money today, so, huzzah! And while I didn't tackle whatever chore is set for the 1st (years ago I found two great lists of chores to tackle, one per kitchen and one per rest of the house, to help keep me on track/from getting overwhelmed), I *did* set up my calendar for the rest of the year, clear out all paperwork over 7 years old and filed all the paperwork that came in in 2017, and cleared off my catch-all chest of drawers by the bathroom. I used the box Boo gave me for Christmas to organize all of my convention pamphlets, which cleared out the bottom drawer, and I had Dad help me mount my old corkboard (which has a bonus of adding even more Nintendo Nerdiness to my "Woman Cave", as The Mask calls it), and God bless Pinterest because I found on there a really effective way to organize my sunglasses by using tacks and lengths of ribbons on it.
I could have done more; I could always do more. But I also didn't give up and play The Sims for 9 hours (or at all), so I'm counting it as my first win of the year.
I should try to recreate my default icon. I like this one, but it's over 15 years old at this point. (Is that all?)