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jadedmusingsI want to make it clear that the reasons I privated my LiveJournal have nothing to do with any person. There's been no leak, no one in my real life discovered me, nor has anyone leveled any threats my way. The simple fact is that after four years(!) of maintaining this journal, there's a lot of stuff on here and my f-list has changed considerably over time. I'm not ashamed of any of it. Some of it might be a little embarrassing, but I can laugh about it at least. I've learned quite a bit about myself and about others, and I think it's time I made changes to reflect that.
Sometimes when I have to deal with some not-so-fun stuff in my head, I want to pull away and close myself off to everyone around me. And with so many things starting to change at once, I've been kind of overwhelmed to put it mildly. I felt relieved to shut down my LJ to give myself a chance to breathe before I go back in and decide what to share and what not to share. I didn't realize that I was holding on to some anxiety about the old stuff floating out there in cyberspace, and it was a shock at just how good it felt to know there's now nothing in here that others can see. I hated to shut some of you out (including Sam) considering that I love you guys for being there when I was going through a hell of a lot, but at the same time this was the right thing to do.
Again, if there are any entries people found particularly poignant, funny, and/or informative, I will be willing to reopen them when I come across them. All you need do is ask and provide a decent description of the entry. It might take me some time to find it, so it would be helpful if you remember a rough time estimate of when I wrote it too. Tags won't help because, um, I sort of deleted all my tags with the intention of going back through here and re-tagging the entries I choose to reopen. Yes, it was potentially unwise of me, but I like a good challenge and I really want to reorganize everything. *coughs* Stop looking at me like that. >.>
I'm redoing filters too and will make a poll later for people to pick and choose what they want to have access to. I have to leave here shortly to pick up Penny from the vet and will be spending my evening keeping an eye on her since she'll be a little loopy (routine procedure, no one freak out please). The kiddo is with Mom for his weekly overnight with her, so I'll have the ability to relax and have some fun playing around with my journal. I'll also be brainstorming for a new journal name and I think I have at least one idea, though it has connotations for me that I'm not sure I want. The other might come from something else. I'll try to keep from spamming your respective f-lists, but I expect I'll be a bit posty over the weekend while I continue with my cleaning.
Sometimes when I have to deal with some not-so-fun stuff in my head, I want to pull away and close myself off to everyone around me. And with so many things starting to change at once, I've been kind of overwhelmed to put it mildly. I felt relieved to shut down my LJ to give myself a chance to breathe before I go back in and decide what to share and what not to share. I didn't realize that I was holding on to some anxiety about the old stuff floating out there in cyberspace, and it was a shock at just how good it felt to know there's now nothing in here that others can see. I hated to shut some of you out (including Sam) considering that I love you guys for being there when I was going through a hell of a lot, but at the same time this was the right thing to do.
Again, if there are any entries people found particularly poignant, funny, and/or informative, I will be willing to reopen them when I come across them. All you need do is ask and provide a decent description of the entry. It might take me some time to find it, so it would be helpful if you remember a rough time estimate of when I wrote it too. Tags won't help because, um, I sort of deleted all my tags with the intention of going back through here and re-tagging the entries I choose to reopen. Yes, it was potentially unwise of me, but I like a good challenge and I really want to reorganize everything. *coughs* Stop looking at me like that. >.>
I'm redoing filters too and will make a poll later for people to pick and choose what they want to have access to. I have to leave here shortly to pick up Penny from the vet and will be spending my evening keeping an eye on her since she'll be a little loopy (routine procedure, no one freak out please). The kiddo is with Mom for his weekly overnight with her, so I'll have the ability to relax and have some fun playing around with my journal. I'll also be brainstorming for a new journal name and I think I have at least one idea, though it has connotations for me that I'm not sure I want. The other might come from something else. I'll try to keep from spamming your respective f-lists, but I expect I'll be a bit posty over the weekend while I continue with my cleaning.
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Date: 2010-04-16 11:41 pm (UTC)You could still have it set up so that you would post to Livejournal easily, but I know that you put a lot of work into this and it would be a shame if something happened to Livejournal. But, then again, I doubt that something would happen to where everything would disappear immediately. I don't know. Just a thought! www.jadensc.com could be a goal someday!
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Date: 2010-04-17 01:40 am (UTC)And should LJ look like it's going under, I do have ways of backing up my journal, so I wouldn't lose everything apart from one of my outlets.