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Effervescence
Apr. 20th, 2021 12:24 amI ever find it odd how many journals and blogs get started out there and then simply fade away. Days, weeks, or even months between entries is certainly understandable and within normal deviations. However, I don't know of a single journaler who has kept it up even half as long as I have. Not to say they don't exist, but it can be disheartening at times to know that not one single person I've followed over the nearly two decades now (holy cow that's a long time!) have continued writing. Indeed, I think the longest running one only lasted a couple years, and even then it only sometimes continued because I would remind her about it. Go through any directory search, even of this site, and you will find a barren graveyard of journals.
I realize that technology has vastly changed the landscape, not only shortening attention spans but also offering innumerable distractions, yet I find it hard to believe that people have simply ceased trying to express themselves via the written word. Granted, certain platforms have allowed many to express themselves in shorter bursts, a la tweet or tok. I suppose too that many simply become youtubers and have video journals instead, but such is relatively recent while the issue of which I speak has been occurring since before even I joined.
I do wonder if most people who do still journal aren't more old school and use actual paper journals/diaries. It's certainly safer that way. I myself have used paper journals for nearly as long as the digital form and use those for more personal issues than I am willing to throw up here. I don't even consider myself a writer, so how am I still at it, even if infrequently, when so many others are not?
I realize that technology has vastly changed the landscape, not only shortening attention spans but also offering innumerable distractions, yet I find it hard to believe that people have simply ceased trying to express themselves via the written word. Granted, certain platforms have allowed many to express themselves in shorter bursts, a la tweet or tok. I suppose too that many simply become youtubers and have video journals instead, but such is relatively recent while the issue of which I speak has been occurring since before even I joined.
I do wonder if most people who do still journal aren't more old school and use actual paper journals/diaries. It's certainly safer that way. I myself have used paper journals for nearly as long as the digital form and use those for more personal issues than I am willing to throw up here. I don't even consider myself a writer, so how am I still at it, even if infrequently, when so many others are not?
