Hello, World!

[sunfishdreamworld]

2024... The perfect time to make a blog on Dreamwidth... I really missed out during the time that blogging sites were really popular, but it's better late than never, I guess! I recently discovered this site from a few comments on SpaceHey, and I'm still kind of surprised that there are a lot of active users that seem to share the same interests as me. I've had a blog on FC2 since the start of 2023, but I haven't made many entries, and I think it's really hard to find other active bloggers on there. Dreamwidth's tag features are sooo useful...

Since deactivating/avoiding a lot of my social media profiles, I've been trying to focus more on my hobbies/projects, and that includes writing and blogging. I always struggle with writing because I just have so many ideas floating around in my head, but I never consider what I actually want to write, how I actually want to go about it. I just have so many thoughts that I want to share! life events and updates, media logs, reviews, Q&As, fanfics... Maybe running a blog might still be a bit too ambitious for me, but I want to try it again. I almost always unintentionally drop projects and habits because I'm a really low-motivated person, but I hope I can become more productive and consistent. Little by little... In a perfect world, I'd like to believe that having a blog would help with my productivity. Maybe I really could update my blog regularly, but I can't make any promises!

If you're interested in my entries, feel free to friend me! Or follow me? Subscribe? I don't know LOL. I'm still learning how Dreamwidth works...

Comments

[adore]

Hello, new friend! I love that Dreamwidth continues to thrive, and I hope it's forever. I've similarly retreated from other social media. My socialising here has a positive effect on my mental health and it's a relief to me to be able to have a sense of community and connection on the internet without my mental health suffering like it does on other social media platforms.

For finding your way around, I have some posts saved in my memories under the this filter. They include intro posts to Dreamwidth and its features. They're in the list, mixed in with other Dreamwidth-related posts like layout and icon posts. But you'll find them easily because their titles will say that they're an intro or guide to Dreamwidth. There's also a handy guide to Dreamwidht's html and css listed there.

[sunfishdreamworld]

I'm happy to see that Dreamwidth is still thriving too! I've always wanted to find a site for blogging (even way before my decision move away from most platforms), but I couldn't really find any that I liked until now. I feel like my mental health has already been improving, but I still wanted some other way to connect to others outside of Discord. Maybe in the future, I could write more in detail about why Instagram and other apps aren't really for me.

And thank you so much! I was able to figure out some of the html/css customization here since I already have some experience with coding, but I didn't know there were so many other things I could do! I really appreciate it!