Scrivener, a creative writing app (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview). I've tested most if not all Libre alternatives and, well, they all lack behind. More or less badly.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate those Libre alternative exist but writing is the one domain where I don't want to have to tweak, to search for workarounds. I just want so sit in front of the keyboard and type while still being able to write in a non-linear way. Scrivener gives me just that.
The same as every single other day of the year, since I'm my own boss and set my own schedule.
Looking forward to your message!
Yeah, exactly. Sometimes to myself, or an imaginary recipient. Sometimes I even address my entries to the day of the week, like “Dear Sunday” (Sunday gets a lot of sober reflection, it being just before the plunge back into the work week). Wednesday on the other hand is like a friend I mean to keep in better contact with, but never quite make the time.
I like the idea and since we're about to begin a new year, I don't know but I 'll consider stealing it from you and maybe make of my journal a correspondence for the next year? To see how it goes.
Now, would that be to my (older) self or something along your line? Addressing myself to some 'friend' (I could be trying to write like I was writing to my best friend back when we were young), be it an imaginary one or be it the days of the week (each with their own qualities, I quite like the idea). I will let that sink (sink in?) and see how it turns out. Thx!
I find I get some really quality introspection / observations around this time of year, and also just during holidays in general. Maybe it’s just the time off, or maybe it’s having an event to write around. I’m not sure.
Do other folks especially look forward to writing their thoughts down during the holidays?
I was about to say 'I don't', explaining that like many people I was mostly looking out for some down time, but I would not be journaling more. But then, I realized I would be wrong.
It's also a period where I try to recap how things went in the last year and how I would like them to go for the following year, and I do that by reading my old journal entries, reflecting on them and trying to figure out what I should do differently in the coming year. In fact, I have already started the last couple days.
So, yup, even if it's not related to writing down specific events, I too am looking forward to that time of the year for some, hopefully, quality introspection time with my journal ;)
Ah ouais! Y a même, heu, des, heu, les, heu, ces trucs qui, heu, ressemblent un peu aux rennes du père noel. De loin. La nuit.
Hobbies are the best way to meet people wanting to do something (beside looking at their phones, I mean).
Have you look around what IRL activities are related to hobbies you may be into? You may also ask your local public library, if they do not organize activities themselves they will probably have info on some other org doing it.
Like u/NeoNachtwaechter rightfully said:
Society, community… these are abstract terms. You cannot talk to them. The cannot love you.
Life happens when you meet people (not abstractions).
So, when you write:
Preferably in real life and without religion or alcohol.
Don't see anything personal in the following remark (I don't smoke and don't drink, I quit both many decades ago, and I don't give a flying fuck about religion myself) but you can't expect to meet people that fit your expectations.
Life does not work like a dating app (luckily).
You will meet people, a few of them you will appreciate more than many, many others. All of them, even the 'nicest' ones, will still annoy you one way or another. Like you will annoy them, or like I do. We all.
My spouse and I have been together for 25 years and counting, we're glad to be together but I can assure you we also both have traits or habits the other don't like at all, and that's fine. My best friend and I have been friends for well over 40 years and we're at the complete opposite politically speaking, we always have been. Like we never agreed and we never will. We're fine with our lifelong disagreements because we have many other common interests (and he is a very interesting guy even if his politics are shit ;)
So, the first thing I would suggest would be to accept that people will not be what you want them to be, or how you want them to be.
And then to let things happen, or not happen. That's my second advice: be ok with nothing happening or with failing when trying to make them happen. Most of the time meeting people won't go anywhere and that's to be expected. Don't give up, keep on meeting people and spend some time with them.
I know those advice may sound a bit... generalist but you did not share a lot of context yourself to give you a more specific answer either. And, generalist or not, those are still two advice I follow myself.
+1 Depends the use case.
I have seperate systems for other thoughts. Like I have a notebook just for my takes on media, and a git repo for technical things I’ve learned.
Is it publicly accessible? I would like to see what's in it as It's something I've been considering doing myself for all my 'Linux' tips and tweaks as I have no idea where to share them (they're in a markdown file for now).
On top of that I’m a diarist, so my diary entries are often more like letters.
Like in actual letters (written to yourself, maybe)? I like the idea.
When we were in our twenties, my best friend and I (we're still besties all those decades later) were studying far away one from the other and we wrote to each other a lot. Like, a lot, multiple times a week if not daily. A few people knowing the intensity of our exchanges compared us to lovers (we were not, we were just avid to share ideas and fun together). It was a rich (and real fun) period that ended with us moving to... email.
I miss that intensity (and the fun, too) and our absolutely un-censored exchange of ideas.
I mean, no matter how stupid, daring, unpopular, clumsy was whatever we wanted to try we would do it. We feared no judgment from one another (and certainly no hate or public shaming, like we can see happening way too often online) and we also feared not looking like amateurs (that we were), or to show that we mastered not what we were writing about. Imho, that freedom was essential to us growing because it allowed us to experiment and to explore things and ideas without self-censoring or caring about one's own image/reputation. Something not many people would dare to do nowadays online, alas.
Probably even more than that freedom, I miss that it was obvious (for some of us at least) that if we wanted to fuel a friendship (or even just really keep in touch) we would exchange snail mails with those persons we cared about. And that we would have to take the time to write letters (or cards) to them and more time to read theirs, carefully.
Back then, I received such letters almost every single day, and I wrote almost daily too. This year, I've received one letter, and I sent two... Which is double what I received and sent last year :(
Shining? (y a de la neige)
I quit some 20 years ago without using vape (did it exist back then? Not sure) or any medication. That day, after careful consideration I made up my mind and never looked back.
And not just because of my health (it was a very important factor) but also because I had realized how much money I was throwing away. Thousands each year.
Dirt, sweat, dead skin are all things that will get on the fabric just by wearing it. I'd rather have it regularly cleaned ;)