Meta Journaling

[elainegrey]

So one of my issues with journaling these days is much of what is on my mind can stand some research -- just a click away.

I've often declined to write about my feelings or thoughts about the news because i've not felt the time to develop any nuance. Storm sad. Murders sad. Politics bad. Politics mad. I certainly could stand to be more articulate, but the landscape of my discourse is either heady postmodern and existentialist queries to Christine or listening to my dad's lasted provocative plan that sounds horrible but has progressive ideals at its heart. I'm not sure i want or need that to change.

But my feelings and desires for this new phase in my life -- homeowner, more prominently daughter and sister, landscape restorer, remote employee -- those need more sorting. I don't want to dig past "it's fine" because what if it's not? Working at home is fine. (But what if the two days in the office introduced a focus to the three days at home when i was in CA?)(What if the commute gifted me with a type of down time i miss?) My new Quaker community is fine. (But it demands so little.... And what about the lack of waiting worship?)And so on.

So, i don't want to face certain types of "it's not fine."

Comments

[casimirian]

Holding you to the light, friend.

[zyzyly]

Honestly, your one word summaries are refreshing.

[threeringedmoon]

Many years ago, when I lived in Maryland, I had a commute that took a minimum of 45 minutes in heavy traffic in the morning, and a minimum of seventy-five minutes of stop-and-go traffic in the evening. When we moved to Texas, with my consistent commute of 20 minutes, I felt as if I had escaped. But then I realized that I had done some of my best thinking while driving and that I no longer had that resource.

I eventually made an adjustment. I hope yours comes in its time.

[warriorsavant]

Internet lends itself to the short and not-nuanced, which is unfortunate. Some people think things out by writing them down, some don't. By tagging things, you can see how your thinking develops over time about something.

[gurdonark]

I liked your California posts about the wild plants you found. I don't know anything about anything, but one cool use for your journal, maybe, is to find unusual NC plants and keep up with what you saw.