I see quite a few new members have joined our small community in the last few weeks which is great! A warm welcome to every single one of you!

I was wondering if you would be interested in post where everyone would be able to present themselves in a few words if they wanted to, maybe share a little info about themselves and their journaling habits or why they’re considering journaling?

No obligation, obviously, and nothing too personal should probably be shared but here it is.

If the discussion gains enough traction I may pin it as a permanent welcome post and an invitation to new members to introduce themselves. If it doesn’t, well so be it.

I will introduce myself in the comments, read you there ;)

  • LibbEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’m from France, Paris. Yes, depending where you’re looking it’s a real nice city but, no, I do not have a direct sight over the Eiffel tower. That said, my spouse and I can enjoy breakfast with fresh handmade croissants by our nearby baker right on our balcony, when the weather is cooperating (which means not for the time being ;)

    I’m a dude, well into my 50s. Beside the few early years, I’ve always worked from home. I’ve been journaling since I was a 7 year-old, both as a way to escape my childhood that was not the most peaceful, and as a way to understand better what was happening to and around me. Decades later, I still journal mostly to keep a short record of my day (nothing newsworthy in my journal, sorry historians) and as a way to put some order in my thoughts too. Something I have always considered journaling was incredibly useful for.

    I have been journaling analog (pen, paper, notebook, typewriter, cassettes, I even tried video tapes, and so on) and digital (Word files, Markdown, and journaling apps like DayOne). I’m now fully committed to analog (pen and paper). I also sketch (poorly) in my journal (ink and watercolors).

    I’m a lifelong fountain pen user, I’m old enough that we were taught writing using a fountain pen, back in school. But I’m not obsessed with it either and will happily use whatever is at hand’s reach.

    If you’re wondering why I use two different accounts, one with the blue icon and the other with a red one, it’s just that I wanted to avoid interference between my administrative role and my role as a member of the community. I post with the red icon, as a member without any privilege, while the blue guy, with all the power, is only there to admin the community. He doesn’t post content beside whatever is related to the life of the community itself (like this very post), he doesn’t comment and he doesn’t vote either. He is not allowed to, that is unless I mix the two accounts which happened once already but since then I’ve tried to be more careful. Edit: Well, it looks like I managed to get it wrong once more :p