I was just thinking - the expression is perfect. Sort of perfect in its inscrutability. The kind of thing I wish I could draw on purpose when I'm doing faces.
A hundred percent, but the fact remains that journalists have a very hard time supporting themselves in their profession. A job that is critical (when done well) to an informed public.
It must be depressing knowing you could just take a TypeScript React bootcamp and probably double salary in a year. Like, journos have an important job. It's just not lucrative, despite its value to people/society.
Legitimately, when I was quitting nicotine, I would scroll on my phone when I was getting withdrawal pangs, and it helped.
Nowadays I have to watch myself, or else I'll potentially lose hours. I know exactly what addiction feels like: going without and satisfying what feels like a need - it feels right. And these apps are definitely addictive. I didn't really notice until I tried to stop.
Just going to shamelessly paste this one for the memories
< Cthon98 > hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
< Cthon98 > ********* see!
< AzureDiamond > hunter2
< AzureDiamond > doesnt look like stars to me
< Cthon98 > < AzureDiamond > *******
< Cthon98 > thats what I see
< AzureDiamond > oh, really?
< Cthon98 > Absolutely
< AzureDiamond > you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2
< AzureDiamond > haha, does that look funny to you?
< Cthon98 > lol, yes. See, when YOU type hunter2, it shows to us as *******
< AzureDiamond > thats neat, I didnt know IRC did that
< Cthon98 > yep, no matter how many times you type hunter2, it will show to us as *******
< AzureDiamond > awesome!
< AzureDiamond > wait, how do you know my pw?
< Cthon98 > er, I just copy pasted YOUR ******'s and it appears to YOU as hunter2 cause its your pw
< AzureDiamond > oh, ok.
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Ah yeah that makes sense. I'm an eternal hobbyist with different creative things (art, games, stories, etc), so I get the challenge of just finishing something.
PS feel free to send me what you've got if you want a totally impartial "beta reader" or whatever that's called
Excellent advice. I've sat down to write about a boring day, only to be shocked at the shit that was festering just below the surface. Like negative attitudes and resentment to people in my life, that would have just kind of hung around in the back of my head totally unknown and unacknowledged, but still there and unchallenged until I took a few minutes to consciously follow my own thoughts and feelings.
Don't try, just write in it whenever you feel like it: congratulations! You have a diary! That could be several times a day, or once a month, depending what you need and want out of your diary. But realistically if you're just starting out it will probably be diary meta, like about the writing you're doing in the diary lol.
For me I find it useful for
jotting media reviews.
nurturing my stationary fetish.
an excuse to practice my cursive.
relaxing at the end of the day, or week.
reading over to gain insights into my moods (like how I was always sad after drinking)
purging "negative" feelings (anger, insecurity, etc) - just get them out of my head and on to a page.
Anyway, here's an example of me just talking about Quake 2 and having trouble focusing at work:
At the end of the day, I just like making marks on the page.
I was just thinking - the expression is perfect. Sort of perfect in its inscrutability. The kind of thing I wish I could draw on purpose when I'm doing faces.