victorien

Well, first: I am incredibly out of practice with journaling. I'm finding it difficult to even begin a post, and end up having words and possible sentences and phrasing jumble up inside my head. So instead of letting that happen, to avoid staring at the wall above my monitor while I think of what to say, I'm just going to write it down.

My presence here, on Dreamwidth, is for now an experiment - allowing myself to take things more slowly and building a habit in hopes of changing how I interact with writing/journaling/life-broadcasting in the long term. If I make a goal of posting at least once a day, then I'll be glad when it happens consistently, and just start again the next day if I lapse. No self-judgment allowed.

So speaking of taking things slowly, yesterday I picked up reading again The Beginning Place by Le Guin. I've carried it with my in my tote bag for months at this point, untouched and unfinished, only 27 pages in; and today I managed page 66 by the end of lunch.

So far, it's not one of my favorites of hers. It's modern-day with fantasy elements, whereas my favorites lie with her Hainish Cycle entries. But I do love her writing, and it's not a slog, and holding an actual book in my hand is retraining my brain to stop flipping between apps on my phone for the whole of my commute - even when I'm trying to read.

On the plus side, I feel like a cool hipster openly reading a book with a colorful cover, while those around me on the train have all of their book covers covered up (a standard practice, both for privacy and protection).

I do find myself reaching for a built-in dictionary with words I haven't seen in ages, just to check. Though I know for a fact others do that, too. It's kind of funny when that happens, even when I'm shaking my head about it.


Crossposted with edits to Cohost
^ If you see this, please note 1) this is mainly for my own reference; 2) it's because I want to prioritize my journal here; and 3) I cannot be bothered to make entirely new, long-form entries elsewhere! :')