I miss OD in A mish mash of entries

Somehow I never managed to feel at home here in the same way that I did in OD. I stopped making entries completely for 18 months or so and investigated Facebook properly (still don’t like it), keeping a diary just on my computer and even making/receiving regular phone calls to a friend. The calls were mostly based on our half-hearted attempts to lose some weight but we covered everything else going on in our lives as well.

None of these things were/are good enough. With OD, you knew that if someone read your entry it was because they were interested in what you had to say. There was a conscious choice to read somebody. Facebook is faceless and full of inane posts and worse pictures. A diary on my computer generated no feedback or support and I found myself sanitising what I wrote (don’t ask me why, I just did). Phone calls to my friend were the best and she’s the most non-judgemental person I know, but she KNOWS me and that means I do tend to filter what I say to her.

So I’m going to try and give Prosebox a proper chance this time and stop wishing for what is gone. I’ve forgotten what all the features are, so roll on the plain text for now!

If anybody does read this, THANK YOU for keeping me in your contacts and I hope you have the most amazing year ever in 2017.

Last updated January 05, 2017