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I Want to Keep a Journal

I've been meaning to start a SW diary for a while now, where I could write everything I can't put on paper irl where somebody could find it and read it. However I wasn't doing much with my life, so I had nothing to write about.

In this log I want to track my daily acts of courage, things that I was afraid of doing, but have done it anyway. Hopefully it will help me build my confidence and just become a better version of myself.
The two concerns I have with this is: one I'm going to stop after 2 days and it will remain in the past as a failed experiment or two, I'm not going to learn anything and this will be just a romanticized waste of time.

Hm, I have an idea. In order to not stop after two days, I'm going to put an expiration date to it. Twenty days. Afterwards if I want to continue....hm this could create a different problem. The daily log in's could get me addicted to SW all over again and that's bad.
Might be playing with fire here, but I'll give myself another chance to prove self-control. It could either make it stronger, or destroy my whole system I've got going on so far.
Ok, I'll just keep away from the Q&A section whenever I log in to write a story. I could check the stories section, but not Q&A. At least not for as long as I log in to write in my journal.

Also, if by any chance any of you is reading this, you can write down below challenges for me to do and hopefully, if this exercise works as I envision it, you could read about it in a daily entrance at some point in the future.
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sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
I keep a journal, but not here. Journaling is hugely important for self reflection.

But here I write stories about my life. So my EP/SW "journal" is event based and jumps from event to event. My other journal is all feelings and emotions and questions to myself about what the hell I'm doing and stuff like that.
Dan193 · 31-35, M
@sarabee1995 That sounds interesting, and when I thought of doing the journal, I was counting on the fact that I was not going to share any personal info on here, so no one would think these are my experiences, so they'd be buried online.
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@Dan193 Yeah, I could never share my other journal here or anywhere. It contains way too much personal reflection and impressions of people and things. Lol, I think you're even in there.
Dan193 · 31-35, M
@sarabee1995 no waaayy, am I really? In your feelings and emotions journal? That's one of the nicest things somebody can hear
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@Dan193 Lol, don't get to happy about it. I haven't told you what I wrote!! 🤣🤣🤣

No, seriously, I think it was just something about a new guy showing up in my feed and in comments a lot. Nothing major.
Dan193 · 31-35, M
@sarabee1995 Aw still nice, that u noticed me around 😂 I noticed you in my feed a lot too
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@sarabee1995 😧 not me, i hope!
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@Yulianna Oh Yulia!! You have whole chapters devoted to you! You must know this?? 🤔
Yulianna · 22-25, F
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@Yulianna Blush all you want... You and I have had way too many late night chats over the last ten years for you not to figure prominently in my journals. 🤗
Dan193 · 31-35, M
@Yulianna There was no way you weren't in there, unless she had a whole journal dedicated just to you 😂
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@Dan193 Dan... I have books dedicated to my little Miss Yulia, including one I made from her old posts! I've written fiction about her in here (lemme know if you want a link)... Yes, she is in my journals. 🙂
Dan193 · 31-35, M
@sarabee1995 ok, show me the fiction, that sounds interesting
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@Dan193 My intent was to write a whole series on two fictional characters, Sera and Julia 🤣. I never got past the first chapter because Yulia went on a hiatus from SW just as I posted chapter one. But here it is.

https://similarworlds.com/232256-I-Write-Erotic-Stories/907429-Behind-Enemy-Lines-This-is-a-different-kind-of

And this was written before I entered the Navy.