A Thought

[debka_notion]

have you ever noticed that people tend to write more when they're unhappy? Happiness just seems to be perceived as boring, and/or inappropriate- like it's bragging or something. I find myself doing it lots: when I'm unhappy, I'll kvetch, often in writing. But when I'm happy, it often seems too personal, or inappropriate or too boring for other people to want to read, and so I don't write it. Some of it is a matter of how much time you have or make- but, still... It's a bit of a sad statement about life/society/this age group/something.

Comments

[skyblue-dreamer.livejournal.com]

I don't think happiness is boring. Personally, when I'm happy, I don't have things to mentally work through to the same extent that I do when I'm unhappy. (So when I write about happy things on LiveJournal, it's more "I want to post" and less "I need to post".) I'm in the category of people who are often happier when they're busy, so I have less time to write when I am happy/busy. Though in my experience, if you have something you need to write about, it's almost always possible to make time to do so.

I also find that I can deal better when I've taken the trouble to think things out by putting them in words outside of my mind. And I'm more insecure when I'm unhappy.