Question of the Day

[ayoub]

How would you chart the evolution of your LJ?

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From an escape, to a way of making friends, to documenting my feelings... A long road :D

Comments

[seegwa.livejournal.com]

It's always been about documenting and expressing my internal monologue (and sometimes dialogue). When I moved over here, it was also to keep in touch with my friends back home - we lost touch anyway. New friends seems to be part of the progression these days, which I'm very grateful for.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I never thought I'd form close friendships when I first started out, but I did :D

[chiropteraclan.livejournal.com]

Support through my divorce --> meet friends --> place to explore/discuss/understand things learned in school or in spite of school --> document life changes and feelings about those changes

It's not really as linear as all of that though. There's still a little of a lot of that going on at any given time.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

It never is truly linear :D

[nowsheshines.livejournal.com]

I've been on LJ for a long time, but this journal is really new and very reflective of how my life has changed the past year or so. I'm starting to connect to people, even if they are far away and I really missed friendship and the feeling of being cared for. This LJ is making me realize that to some.. I might be important.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Of course you're important!

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

Whiny bullshit, intellectually elevated whiny bullshit, comic whiny bullshit, to intellectually elevated comedy occasionally interspersed with the same old whiny bullshit. I too have taken a long road... that seems to have gone in a big ass circle:)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I've never seen any whiny bullshit!

[thatsassylassie.livejournal.com]

I started here in total anonymity and used it to rant and voice my personal stuff. It was truly a journal. Now I feel like its a blog. I've made friends with a bunch of people and am very happily dating one of them. I don't feel like I can use it the same way I once did, which bothers me sometimes. But no matter what I post, (even though its not always as personal as I might have previously) its a record of my feelings and experiences that I enjoy looking back on.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I went through that "not keeping it too personal" thing... For a good two years :D

[bronxelf-ag001.livejournal.com]

I don't really think it has very much, save that none of it is public anymore.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Do you think that's because you haven't changed, or is it just the way it's panned out?

[amante-donne.livejournal.com]

as a hobby, then as a burden that needed to be dropped, then coming back as something enjoyable to do and meeting some great people on the way.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

The "meeting great people" is always good :D

[katamphigorical.livejournal.com]

I don't think my LJ's evolved much. It has been and always will be just a virtual place for me to share whatever crosses my harebrain. :)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

And I hope you keep sharing! :D

[spacedlaw.livejournal.com]

From a simple account to allow me to leave comments to chaos.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Ah chaos... It can be so much fun!

[kabandra.livejournal.com]

In highschool, when I started my LJ, my entries were more frequent and simple, as well as shorter. Now, they are longer and have more substance. They really haven't changed that much since freshman year of college, except when they vary depending on the time I have on my hand. Also my political work entries nowadays naturally differ from class-based life in college. But my journalstill feels the same looking back until you hit the first few highschool entries.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I do enjoy reading your posts, though... Always a treat :D

[o-annie-o.livejournal.com]

I think it´s too early to speak of an evolution in my case - I´m on LJ only for two months now.
I´ll answer the question maybe at the end of the year. ;-)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

Cool! :D

[sm00bs.livejournal.com]

For me, it's mainly a way to journal. I used to journal with pen and paper and tend to forget about it more than I'd like. I use it for venting and record keeping and bouncing around thoughts that would otherwise be trapped in my head... It's definitely the reason I started and will probably remain a very strong part of my reason for staying.

It's also a way to keep up with friends. One of my friends encouraged me to start an LJ account and I'm glad he did. Here, within the last year especially, I've met a wealth of wonderful people. This has been here all along but has been stronger within the past year.

I also use it as a way to keep my friends and family informed about the Kritter and various other goings on. This is probably a more recent development as no one cared much about my life prior to the child.

It's a bit of an addiction, as well. This comes and goes.

I'm not sure it's really evolved at all... ;)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

LJ is one of those good addictions :D

[1jodie.livejournal.com]

LJ started out as a way for me to cure my boredom at a job where i was not challenged. then it turned into a way for people not living in chicago to keep up with me. then it turned into a way for me to meet interesting people. now it's just fun and it's a stress reliever from a job (that i love) and is very challenging.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it's remained fun, and with you! :D

[milagro75.livejournal.com]

I started posting mostly about fangirl things, like concerts and stuff, but mostly it's just everyday occurences, relationship stuff, etc. Admittedly at times I "censor" myself regarding particularly private things. I was burned a few years ago regarding posting a hard time my then-partner and I were going through with her family and someone accused me of being "too involved" and coming off as if they were my own experiences, when in fact I was pretty intricately involved in all of it. Im sorry, I didnt realize I needed to alter my feelings surrounding the situation so as not to offend anyone else. :P

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Heh... I hardly censor myself any more... At the end of the day, this is me... And people who have an issue... Well, frankly, their issues are not my problem :)

[gillian16.livejournal.com]

It has always been a place for me to write about my frustrations with having lupus and just a fine place to brain dump. I have also met some wonderful people and that is just an added bonus.

<3

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

<3

:D

[indigobluejelly.livejournal.com]

Curiosity, to friend making, to deep depression, to now.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Glad you're out of the deep depression!

[photodiva02.livejournal.com]

Mine hasn't changed too much, but in my old journal, I was so vague about happenings in my life.

[photodiva02.livejournal.com]

Mine hasn't changed too much, but in my old journal, I was so vague about happenings in my life.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I like that you're not vague now :D

[cerebralpig.livejournal.com]

By invitation... discovering how interested I am in the minutiae of other people's lives... to the best way to find out what is going on inside my husband's head. :)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

LOL! :D

That's a good evolution! :D

[uawildcatgrl.livejournal.com]

therapy, depression, dark cave, love, joy.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I like that evolution :D

[uawildcatgrl.livejournal.com]

Interesting question...mind if I thieve it?! ;P

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Thieve away! :D

And you just knew I was going to correct that... :P

[stalkings.livejournal.com]

suicidal to independent social butterfly

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

*hugs you*

[fox-bard.livejournal.com]

Stage One: A way to communicate with people I used to know at community college after I moved on to university.

Stage Two: A way of meeting new people. Very shortly thereafter, I found myself in Stage Three.

Stage Three: A place to work through the hard core foundation work of my Shadow (now limited to only those who were there when it was happening for my own privacy). Also a place to rant and bitch about university issues. A place to deal with my relationship.

Stage Four: Healing and tracking continued development as a human being. Not big on commenting or posting, but finally watching the flow and weather in the pattern of humanity. Learning. Putting it all together.

Stage Five: (We are here!) Taking what I've learned, and the mental processes that have continued my life's work, forward so that I can share and get feedback before I take it to the physical "real world" level.

Stage Six: I'll be grrm!!!!!! (LOL!)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

You'll be more famous than that! :D

[beloved-juno.livejournal.com]

I'd say my evolution has been similar to yours. I started this journal to be a place for me to escape from a life I was truly tired of being a part of (bad marriage, horrible job, family problems... you name it, I had it). Then I got into the social aspect of Live Journal and used it to connect with others, since I had few friends I could relate to in real life.

Eventually the problems I had in real life sorted themselves out for better or worse, so the escapism became unnecessary. After that, it became mostly a place to express myself, get to know myself, and figure things out. I'd say my journal is still very much that, although I sometimes use it to talk or vent about my journey in regards to my art and writing as well.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

It's always nice to compare notes with someone who has walked a similar path :D

[rowanchey.livejournal.com]

For me, LJ serves the same purpose now as it did when I first created the account. Yeah, I may have used it for other things on occasion, but it hasn't really evolved.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

As long as you're still here... :D