Keeping a journal/diary

1. 2018-09-30 at 4:21 AM UTC

   #21
   

   Zanick motherfucker [my p.a. supernal goa]

   Originally posted by DontTellEm Lol. What about when someone types for u?

   
   I don't think that would work so well for me. Something about hitting the keys with my own fingers seems to commit the words to memory much better than if I were to dictate. Still, this could well be a personal preference. I'm sure plenty of people do better speaking their thoughts aloud.
2. 2018-09-30 at 4:30 AM UTC

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   vindicktive vinny Black Hole

   Originally posted by Zanick I do it in my head just fine, but writing it out somewhere is helpful. You can configure your syntax mentally for a few sentences but when it gets to be a paragraph or longer, you're going to run into trouble. There's nothing pretentious about having a process to help with that, and it's far from the only benefit. Sometimes I record something to give me a snapshot of a mental state at a particular time that I can refer back to. Sometimes I dig through my journal and feel as though a different person wrote some of the entries. It's extremely valuable to think of where I am in relation to where I used to be.

   
   i see.
   
   so your still growing.
   
   i know how you feel, sometimes i look back at my old posts and try to remember what kind of mental derangement that had caused me to type what i typed and tried to re-live those episodes.
3. 2018-09-30 at 4:31 AM UTC

   #23
   DontTellEm Black Hole
   Lol!
   
   Agreed @ Zanick.
4. 2018-09-30 at 4:35 AM UTC

   #24
   

   Zanick motherfucker [my p.a. supernal goa]

   Originally posted by vindicktive vinny i see.
   
   so your still growing.
   
   i know how you feel, sometimes i look back at my old posts and try to remember what kind of mental derangement that had caused me to type what i typed and tried to re-live those episodes.

   
   Exactly! Imagine if you could do that with a lot of your thoughts and feelings, instead of just what you write on some forum. It'd give you new perspective on who you are, and with some thought, who you could be.
5. 2018-09-30 at 4:41 AM UTC

   #25
   DontTellEm Black Hole
   Okay
6. 2018-09-30 at 4:49 AM UTC

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   Zanick motherfucker [my p.a. supernal goa]
   That's not something I can answer for you. If I must point you in a direction, I'd say you should write down who you have been so far, read it like a story and then decide what the main character should do next.
7. 2018-09-30 at 4:53 AM UTC

   #27
   DontTellEm Black Hole
   Agreed.
8. 2018-09-30 at 6:08 AM UTC

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   vindicktive vinny Black Hole

   Originally posted by Zanick Exactly! Imagine if you could do that with a lot of your thoughts and feelings, instead of just what you write on some forum. It'd give you new perspective on who you are, and with some thought, who you could be.

   
   thats what i was talking about.
   
   you are what you are. if you needed conscious effort to be who you want to be, isnt that pretending ?
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9. 2018-09-30 at 6:11 AM UTC

   #29
   DontTellEm Black Hole
   No.
   
   Pretty sure that would be "growing".
10. 2018-09-30 at 6:31 AM UTC

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    Zanick motherfucker [my p.a. supernal goa]

    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny thats what i was talking about.
    
    you are what you are. if you needed conscious effort to be who you want to be, isnt that pretending ?

    
    If you think that pretending is the mechanism that allows people to achieve internal change, then sure, but I'm not sure I agree with that. For instance, you might wake up tomorrow and decide that you will take concrete steps toward being happier, and nobody would call you a pretender for doing so. I'm not sure I follow your thought process.
11. 2018-09-30 at 12:05 PM UTC

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    cupocheer Space Nigga [unwillingly condescend the dp]
    It is always very wise to keep a contempraneous (sp) record.
    
    My friend and attorney offered me this morsel of advice many, many years ago.
    
    One of mine became the centerpiece of my winning lawsuit against the US federal government.
12. 2018-09-30 at 5:47 PM UTC

    #32
    tee hee hee Naturally Camouflaged [slangily complete this slumberer]
    Sept 30, 2018.
    
    Dea r journal,
    
    Did nothing so far today.
13. 2018-09-30 at 5:48 PM UTC

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    vindicktive vinny Black Hole

    Originally posted by Zanick If you think that pretending is the mechanism that allows people to achieve internal change, then sure, but I'm not sure I agree with that. For instance, you might wake up tomorrow and decide that you will take concrete steps toward being happier, and nobody would call you a pretender for doing so. I'm not sure I follow your thought process.

    
    idk, being happy or not doesnt define you or your identity.
    
    when you said 'be who you could be' i assume your reffering to identity or character.