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Journaling...
Dec. 19th, 2022 11:37 pmA lot has been weighing on me lately. I've been thinking since the weekend about doing a post to get some of it off my chest, and I was all set to write it tonight. I will still write that post, but what ended up happening tonight was me sitting at the computer with a glass of wine, and reading through all of my old posts.
It started out just looking for a particular post from way back so I could reference a couple of things. I read through the post. And then the comments. And then the subsequent ones on the same topic.
And then a couple of things dawned on me:
1) The things that are burdening me now have been going on at one point or another for quite some time - it's just that now they're all hitting me at the same time.
2) (and this is the key point for this post) One of those things I had already discovered an answer to, but had simply forgotten over time.
For most of my life I never put any stock into journaling, and it wasn't until a friend invited me to check out her poetry here on DW that I even knew that sites like this existed. It's been nearly 2 years now since my first post, and looking back I'm surprised about how much I've written about myself - especially things that I would normally never share with anyone.
Having this record to look back on today was really helpful. It allowed me to put some things into perspective, and I do feel less overwhelmed than I did earlier.
I guess there is something to be said for journaling after all. =]
It started out just looking for a particular post from way back so I could reference a couple of things. I read through the post. And then the comments. And then the subsequent ones on the same topic.
And then a couple of things dawned on me:
1) The things that are burdening me now have been going on at one point or another for quite some time - it's just that now they're all hitting me at the same time.
2) (and this is the key point for this post) One of those things I had already discovered an answer to, but had simply forgotten over time.
For most of my life I never put any stock into journaling, and it wasn't until a friend invited me to check out her poetry here on DW that I even knew that sites like this existed. It's been nearly 2 years now since my first post, and looking back I'm surprised about how much I've written about myself - especially things that I would normally never share with anyone.
Having this record to look back on today was really helpful. It allowed me to put some things into perspective, and I do feel less overwhelmed than I did earlier.
I guess there is something to be said for journaling after all. =]
