Nina's Blog - Friday 2nd May 2025

Friday 2nd May 2025, 11:19

Keeping a diary is difficult. I noticed a long time ago that I am more likely to make an entry in my diary on days when very little actually happens, days when I don't really do very much.

Yesterday I spent hours in the garden cutting the tree cuttings down to a reasonable length to tie into bundles ready for the kommune to collect. That's not an especially noteworthy event but it is noticeably different from most days; so why didn't I write it up? It's not as if I didn't have time.

Strange really, or is it? Do others behave the same way? How does one succeed in creating a diary keeping habit?

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22Michelle · 61-69, T

Back when I was still in gainful employment I found it very easy. To avoid heavy traffic I drove in early and had a relaxing start to the day. Coffee and check emails etc and update diary. Now I'm retired and have so much free time I never seem to find that sweet spot where I can easily review my days, what's happening in the world etc.
Perhaps you should copy your posts on here and use them as a basis for your diary. Also don't get hung up on having to write several paragraphs. Some days just put down some notes. Where did you go, weather, any headlines that caught your eye. Good or bad mood.
My problem, apart from not having a sweet spot time is that I can't seem to interest myself lately. You'd think a bisexual crossdresser working through his relationship with his wife and friends, creeping out of the closet would be easy to write about, but it appears not - though I've just written here more than I've managed as a diary entry. Maybe the trick is to write at as something you want others to read and comment on.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@22Michelle

though I've just written here more than I've managed as a diary entry. Maybe the trick is to write at as something you want others to read and comment on.

That's exactly why I post here. The idea that someone might comment or even merely read some part of it makes it easier for me to write something. Trying to do it just for myself just doesn't work for me.

copy your posts on here and use them as a basis for your diary.

I use the Webscrapbook Firefox extension to automatically save my posts. I don't use them as the basis for anything, that would be too much work. But they are available to be searched.