OKAY IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN.
Jan. 2nd, 2010 02:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
teaberryblueHappy New Year, everybody!
A couple things I wanted to talk about!
I don't really do New Years' Resolutions but I have two resolutions for LJ that I actually already made a while ago and need to try to keep up. These are both things I learned from reading other people's LJs and think are important things to try to do to be a good LJ friend.
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furiosity makes a point of replying to every comment she receives. And she has way, way many more people reading her LJ than I do, so this is really impressive. I always feel like she values my opinion even when we disagree about something, and I think it's a good thing to do to be a good community member. So! I have been trying to make the extra effort to reply to everyone. I don't always get everyone but I think I have been doing better about replying to people who comment on my posts.
2)karnythia also impresses me in the way she interacts with her friends list because she always makes a point of asking us how WE are and not just talking about herself, or asking our opinions of things and not just telling us what she is doing. She asks us what we think about it, and I find that I reply to her a lot more than to many other people whose journals I read because I feel like she is inviting me to comment and also like she is sincerely interested in hearing people's opinions. So I have been trying to make a better effort to do the same. I am not as good at this as I am at replying to as many people as I can, so I think this is going to be a harder thing for me to learn to do. It makes me feel a little bad because I keep remembering to do it after I have posted and then thinking, wow, am I that self-centered that I don't care what other people think enough to ask? So that is definitely some room for improvement.
I learn things from a lot of you and not justfuriosity and karnythia but these are the things I have learned that I have been thinking about a lot lately, about improving my relationships with friends and other people who take the time to read my journal.
I also wanted to post some cool things other people have linked to:
rainy_day posted this excellent link to DJ Earworm's remix of the top 25 songs of the past year. This is freaking brilliant. If you haven't heard it yet, you should! Blame it on the Pop.
beautyofgrey linked to Christine Kane's blog post from a few years ago about choosing a word for the year. I am trying to decide if I want to do this, because I do a lot better with this kind of meditative approach to things. I am thinking about choosing "brave" as my word because I don't take a lot of risks. I know that is probably surprising to many of you, but I think I am probably more "fearless" than "brave." I do a lot of crazy shit because there are very few consequences that scare me. But in the places where I am scared, I don't push my boundaries as much as I could.
But on to more important things. I think I asked this last year and the responses were really fun!
What do you think my New Year's Resolution should be? Also, if you think you have a good Word of the Year for me, I would love to hear it!
Also, you can post this to your LJ and ask people to pick your resolutions! It is fun!
Mwah to all of you! Happy New Year!
A couple things I wanted to talk about!
I don't really do New Years' Resolutions but I have two resolutions for LJ that I actually already made a while ago and need to try to keep up. These are both things I learned from reading other people's LJs and think are important things to try to do to be a good LJ friend.
1)
furiosity makes a point of replying to every comment she receives. And she has way, way many more people reading her LJ than I do, so this is really impressive. I always feel like she values my opinion even when we disagree about something, and I think it's a good thing to do to be a good community member. So! I have been trying to make the extra effort to reply to everyone. I don't always get everyone but I think I have been doing better about replying to people who comment on my posts. 2)
karnythia also impresses me in the way she interacts with her friends list because she always makes a point of asking us how WE are and not just talking about herself, or asking our opinions of things and not just telling us what she is doing. She asks us what we think about it, and I find that I reply to her a lot more than to many other people whose journals I read because I feel like she is inviting me to comment and also like she is sincerely interested in hearing people's opinions. So I have been trying to make a better effort to do the same. I am not as good at this as I am at replying to as many people as I can, so I think this is going to be a harder thing for me to learn to do. It makes me feel a little bad because I keep remembering to do it after I have posted and then thinking, wow, am I that self-centered that I don't care what other people think enough to ask? So that is definitely some room for improvement.I learn things from a lot of you and not just
furiosity and karnythia but these are the things I have learned that I have been thinking about a lot lately, about improving my relationships with friends and other people who take the time to read my journal. I also wanted to post some cool things other people have linked to:
rainy_day posted this excellent link to DJ Earworm's remix of the top 25 songs of the past year. This is freaking brilliant. If you haven't heard it yet, you should! Blame it on the Pop.beautyofgrey linked to Christine Kane's blog post from a few years ago about choosing a word for the year. I am trying to decide if I want to do this, because I do a lot better with this kind of meditative approach to things. I am thinking about choosing "brave" as my word because I don't take a lot of risks. I know that is probably surprising to many of you, but I think I am probably more "fearless" than "brave." I do a lot of crazy shit because there are very few consequences that scare me. But in the places where I am scared, I don't push my boundaries as much as I could.But on to more important things. I think I asked this last year and the responses were really fun!
What do you think my New Year's Resolution should be? Also, if you think you have a good Word of the Year for me, I would love to hear it!
Also, you can post this to your LJ and ask people to pick your resolutions! It is fun!
Mwah to all of you! Happy New Year!
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(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-02 07:16 pm (UTC)Your New Years resolution #2 is to go to Mardi Gras.
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-02 07:24 pm (UTC)#1 I am not sure about because the comic takes all my time!
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Date: 2010-01-02 07:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2010-01-02 07:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-02 07:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-02 09:08 pm (UTC)Hope you have been having a great start to the New Year!
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-02 09:11 pm (UTC)Also I started your hat!
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-02 09:44 pm (UTC)And thank you! You rock!
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-02 09:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-02 09:41 pm (UTC)I don't know about a word, but I liked that idea when I saw it too. I need a good word for my year...
Also I have been trying to do those things in my journal too. I think that it has made me enjoy posting more, because I feel like its interactive and not just broadcasting. The next thing I want to figure out is how to encourage my friends to interact with each other more in comments--because sometimes I'm much more excited about the spinoff conversations that take place than in being an active participant.
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-02 10:06 pm (UTC)1) Meet person with unicycle.
2) Steal unicycle.
3) ???
4) PROFIT!
And I agree! I learn so much more about the people who read my journal when I make an active effort to interact with them, even when they are not my closest friends. I used to use LJ very differently, more like a place to plan things and leave messages for my friends, and now I mostly use Facebook for that which means the way I use LJ has changed.
I also think it is awesome when other people start having discussions in comments! People need to do that more but I don't know if it's something you can encourage or just a type of personality.
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-02 11:29 pm (UTC)But I don't want you to steal it. Also, I need to learn how to ride it at some point. Or, well, I actually know all of the theoreticals of how to ride it and even some beginner lessons, I just need my muscles and balance to cooperate with my brain.
I would love to walk on stilts. I think they would be way awesome. It might be something I put on my list of hobbies to try. Because I love circus arts.
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-03 12:04 am (UTC)I don't have my stilts anymore! But I do know how to both walk on them and build them, so we could do that.
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-03 06:49 am (UTC)1.) Item
2.) Related item
3.) ???
4.) PROFIT
resolution for you, but I see that you've taken care of that. :)
Word? Obbligato!
And so as to not comment a bazillion times on this entry... THANK YOU! This post was totally inspirational to me. I'd love to make my LJ a little more interactive and learn a lot more from my LJ friends.
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-03 04:46 pm (UTC)I looked up obbligato because I didn't know what it meant and I am not sure how one would use it as a meditative word, except to mean "follow the rules exactly" and I don't really think that is a philosophy that fits in with my personal principles. Did you have a different way of seeing it?
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Date: 2010-01-03 06:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-02 09:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2010-01-03 04:56 pm (UTC)On another note, I second the climbing experience. It's very fun. And in that same note, your word of the year will now be ~*caribiner*~
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-03 05:34 pm (UTC)I am sure rock wall climbing is fun but I also have debilitating vertigo! I am not so much afraid of heights as I am liable to pass out.
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-03 05:58 pm (UTC)Je kan dus nederlands leren maar ik vind het niet een makkelijke taal. Want er zijn niet weinigen boeken en film's die nederlands spreken/gebruiken als hun moedertaal. ;)
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-02 10:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-02 10:11 pm (UTC)WAIT NO I DIDN'T. Um. My brother bought me one.
IT'S THE CLIIIIIIMB
Date: 2010-01-02 10:26 pm (UTC)Re: IT'S THE CLIIIIIIMB
Date: 2010-01-02 10:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-02 11:04 pm (UTC)More comics.
Also, if you think you have a good Word of the Year for me, I would love to hear it!
I'm rather fond of heliotrope
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-03 04:41 pm (UTC)I enjoy heliotrope as well but I am not sure how to work it into my year unless you are suggesting I should be wearing more purple!
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-03 04:45 pm (UTC)Once a week, use the word purple in a sentence...
There are so many things :)
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-03 04:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-03 05:00 pm (UTC)OR!! Just color one single thing in each comic purple!
It'd be like "Where's Waldo" or the pickle in Richard Scarry books! \O/
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-03 05:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-03 05:45 pm (UTC)Yeah, I was always on a hunt for the pickle...
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Date: 2010-01-04 01:35 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2010-01-03 12:08 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-03 04:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-03 04:27 am (UTC)Maybe push? I think you're really fantastic at trying new things and pushing yourself beyond your own limits. So I think you should keep that up.
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-03 04:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-03 06:30 pm (UTC)I like the idea of making an LJ more interactive - I think I might try that with my own journal.
(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-04 01:39 am (UTC)I should try doing things I don't plan to do! It is just hard to think of things I wouldn't think of!
And yeah, I definitely feel like I get more out of LJ since I have tried making a point of conversing with people in the comments.