So here's the thing...

[cedar_grove]

I want to start trying to make an entry at least once each day. Don't know if I'll manage it, but I started to not post because I felt like no one was taking the least bit of notice in what I had to say. I looked round at journals on my friends list and see 20+ replies to their postings... or course this reflects the number of LJ friends they have and I was just being a silly, insecure little a$$, but it was somewhat disheartening, and maybe I was feeling a little as though my time was being wasted reponding to people who did not appear to be reciprocating our friendship. If that's sad then I hold up my hand and confess to being sad... so be it.

Now I'm thinking, 'bugger it!' It's not particularly for other people anyway, it's for me and those few individuals who are close friends that can be bothered to comment on my posts like I do on theirs.

Doesn't necessarily have to be deep and meaningful. Might even be something funny - though I'm not known for my comedy. It might even be useful to some people, but I want to do that one post each day and use this journal the way it's supposed to be used.

Comments

I was feeling the same way for a while ...

[vegawriters.livejournal.com]

I finally got to the point, though where I was like So what. People read or they don't. They comment or they don't. Big fucking deal. It's my journal, not thiers.

[lilgreendave.livejournal.com]

It's a case of, if I've something to say, I'll comment -though sometimes I don't hit LJ in time to see some posts, and I'm guilty of not always reading-down, so sometimes I don't see some... Fact is, I like to know how you're doing, and do read, and obviously here and there we do catch each other on Yahoo etc.

I'm glad you post... And no I don't think it's sad to feel like that at all, I think most people who use LJ go through phases of feeling like that, and I know I do at times.

[[hugs]]

[calibrata.livejournal.com]

Some people do seem to be comment magnets... I have a few of 'em on my flist, too. Some of us aren't. I eventually realized that folks on mine were reading but not commenting, because they would refer to things later. It helps with the alone-in-the-world feeling.

*hugs*