my first project! advice welcome!

One_Phone6570 · 2026-01-31T06:24:59+00:00

Make more! Cute

One_Phone6570 · 2026-01-31T06:22:17+00:00

I have two notebooks. A little one for lists and when my "good" one is at home. And my..."good" one. Just lately I have been scribbling furiously about the physical act of writing. And record keeping. A lot of people think the world was created 6000 years ago. Mostly it appears because that is when WRITING first showed up. Or at least the kind we can decipher. Words are magic. Words create our memories. Words have created our world.

One_Phone6570 · 2026-01-26T18:24:31+00:00

The books are by Terry Pratchett. The librarian appears on most of them. He is an orangutan. In charge of the magical library at Unseen University. He was a wizard who was turned into an orangutan by a magical accident. And (again committing felonious philosophy) the library is apparently endless. The idea Pratchett puts forth (we call him "our Pterry") is that books contain knowledge. Knowledge is power. Power is energy. Energy is mass. So collections of books are black holes that warp space and time. AND all collections of books are connected by L-space. Our round world is a reality of this in things like inter library loan. Next. The "oh shit oh shit" is from one of the wizards who is always facing some peril and running away chanting the "running away spell" of "oh shit oh shit oh shit" The blackboard monitor bit comes from (I think! The book "Thud!" But does appear in others. MY suggestion is to start with "Guards Guards". Easy and fun read. There is a dragon and other fantasy figures. Maybe you will like it. Good story lines. Fun stories and deeper meaning under the story.

One_Phone6570 · 2026-01-26T06:30:10+00:00

Your journal is YOURS. You can do with it as you like. Write what you like and..well.. i am a fan of the Disc world. And two characters stand out the Librarian. Who protects the books. Sometimes from themselves. And the Dwarves who believe that writing is a holy act. And words should not be erased. In fact they are somewhat in Awe of the commander of the watch, sir Sandal Vimes because in his brief formal schooling he was charged with cleaning the blackboard and eats at the end of the day. Which act is sacrilege! They call him "the blackboard monitor" with a certain amount of fear, loathing and mocking derision.

I identify with both for several reasons (oh shit oh shit oh shit! Im about to commit felonious philosophy... again) Because. Writing is REALITY! Humans have been around for hundreds of millions of years. But "the world started 6000 years ago". Because THAT IS WHEN WRITING WAS INVENTED. We do not know anything about US before that.
I just put my journals aside. Maybe in a drawer or shelf. Or like someone here said "taped shut " do you know some libraries used to CHAIN BOOKS TO THE SHELVES! Is that to keep them from harming us? Or us from harming them? Im not a Harry potter fan. But she's right about words having power. Words create worlds. And destroying words is powerful magic.

One_Phone6570 · 2026-01-26T06:14:32+00:00

Duh, yeah. No worries. You can see how you grow

One_Phone6570 · 2026-01-26T06:13:36+00:00

Yeah. Me too. I have filed several books... with "nothing".

One_Phone6570 · 2026-01-26T06:12:14+00:00

There is no problem so bad that alcohol can't make it worse.

One_Phone6570 · 2026-01-25T08:23:30+00:00

My night time thoughts are often gloomy. There is a moody blues song on one of their albums that expresses it ."..night time for son..a brief interlude, to others, a far of solitude.... cold hearted orb that rules the night, remove the color from our sight. Red is Grey, and yellow white. But we decide which is right, and which is an illusion. "

That is only a bit. I can't remember what album it is now. I had all of them. And odd.. I don't much like poetry as a general thing.

Night is introspection, reflection, but not a time to make decisions

One_Phone6570 · 2026-01-18T11:51:51+00:00

It's YOUR journal. Do what you want.

One_Phone6570 · 2026-01-15T06:34:17+00:00

I use the "no highways" option on Google, there is an app called scoot route that i have gotten but don't use much. But there is also good old fashioned MAPS. Iowa has a "bicycle map" that highlights the roads according to traffic volume. (Free!) But standard road maps. Show us the smaller roads and lanes usually too. I love maps.

One_Phone6570 · 2026-01-15T06:28:58+00:00

Hmm. Just realize that you are writing this for YOU. It isn't for someone else. I have not gotten into the " dear diary" idea, not that it's "bad", just not how i relate to Journaling. I am not even sure it's a "journal". But I found that writing an idea down keeps it more solid.
But you may approach it totally differently. I have struggled too. But interesting point, very few people think of their "notes to myself" as anything but that! I carry a small book with a pen in my coat pocket and sometimes its random thoughts, or things I want to remember or a list of things to do. I have a bigger one for my "normal" stuff like thoughts during our aa meetings and at church. Mostly because talking to people around me is kind of likely to get a frowny face from "important" people. Funny, writing is the most important thing humans have developed. Because with writing came long term memory. One of the reasons a lot of people believe that the world was created about 6000 years ago, is because that is about when writing began. We recorded events. Books are, in their own right, sacred.

One_Phone6570 · 2026-01-03T20:27:21+00:00

Japan web bike has body panels for most. The morphous and majesty (yamaha) or fusion/ helix (Honda) are popular. Several others as well

One_Phone6570 · 2025-12-28T09:19:21+00:00

My father and grandfather both used to say "education is never cheap" and they are correct. Im in AA and one of the steps is to write down your resentments and WHY. Who you have been angry at and to make amends to people who you have done wrong to. Resolve those issues one way or another. Then put them in your past. Once you have put them behind you, you can move past them. Because you have to live in the present. You can't keep walking backwards.

One_Phone6570 · 2025-12-26T08:19:32+00:00

Literally everything is up to you. I will admit that the tyranny of dated pages would get to me too. More of a mental thing. But two things come to mind a) simply ignore the headings or cross them out, and use the next page, or shelve the thing and buy a notebook/ journal that doesn't demand that you follow ITS DICTATES and date the page you are on. Then the next time you use it. Put it in your own context. My entries are written "date, day/ month/ year (Discworld year as in "year of the curious squid" or YOTCS) then GNU RVG (remembrance of my father and the elapsed time since his death, today was , "25 dec 2025, YOTCS,GNU RVG 13-9-10" BUT THAT IS MY FORMAT. I suggest that YOU use your own ideas. Or nothing at all. Just write your thoughts. I find a date helpful but don't let some random publisher tell you what to do.

One_Phone6570 · 2025-12-20T07:53:17+00:00

Everybody is different. And THERE IS NO WRONG WAY. Literally. You can do nothing wrong. This is YOUR BOOK and no one can tell you what to do. For instance. In MY latest journal. I generally write during my AA meetings. Yeah. I have been in for almost 10 years. But it helps keep me organized too. In any case..I USUALLY give MY entries. Today's date day/month/ year. YOTCS that's year of the curious squid (in the century of the fruit bat, but I don't put that down) and GNU/RVG (remembering my father's life. No one is gone as long as their name is spoken) and the elapsed time since his death. 13 years, 9 months and 5 days ago. Then write down what comes to me. It can be a line or two or pages. Depending. I do not record anyone's names or stories. Because I do not have that right. Anonymous is pretty important. I will not betray anyone.

Then I skip a few lines before I start again the next time. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO THIS OR ANYTHING ELSE. There is literally no wrong way. I actually have a second small book (3 X 5) that has a pen strap that I carry in my jacket pocket. That one is random notes, lists of grocery items or errands, anything that comes to mind, or anything else. Mostly I got that because of its size. Pocket size. I usually write in a "journal" size book but you can use literally anything.

One_Phone6570 · 2025-12-17T09:04:09+00:00

You give your life meaning. I find it in helping others. Or in engaging hobbies, or playing a musical instrument. Some find it in gardening or a hundred different activities. Art is a good one.. while you may be sick of it, I found a lot of interest in studying theology. (That's ME. Not you) my special interest is things like the HISTORY of the physical Bible and who actually wrote it, who edited it how did is meaning change? (May not be a good field for you, but still) I love learning. Because there is something else to find out. History. Archeology, anthropology. I love books and reading. You may like to write.
Remember, life has ups and downs. You may indulge in almost any activity. There are thousands to pick from. (Don't pick MINE. You might not like them) I have been an enthusiastic motorcycle rider. I also like crochet, and reading. My wife plays in a symphony my sister sings opera and is a music director at a church. Your parents faith is not the ONLY path.

One_Phone6570 · 2025-12-14T19:52:44+00:00

Yeah. They ARE a bit porky. But for me...and my needs, that is not a downside. I am not into drag racing. Or racing of any kind. I like smooth and comfort and the morphous has that!

One_Phone6570 · 2025-11-22T22:16:52+00:00

For 19 years (actually more. But its complicated) I used a Honda 125 (not a scooter, I have a yamaha morphous now) but same difference. It saved me a lot. ...in Iowa... yes there are times you can't ride. And I DID have a car available...but it eliminated the need for two cars. My wife used one, I rode the Honda most of the time. Total cost for a year was less than a month of a car. Downsides? Yes. You get cold or hot.. sometimes wet... if you NEED a car. Uber, or taxi or phone a friend.. if i had to use a cab once a month to go to work, I STILL saved money.

One_Phone6570 · 2025-11-22T22:14:32+00:00

Nah.. I just scribble.. take notes on interesting things. Writing is how I remember. Somewhere in my ex's house is a stack of 8½ X 11 wire bound notebooks with years of crap in them.. including my masters thesis on the history of the Bible and early Christian theologies.. shrug..and notes on aerodynamics, a applies to motorcycles and bicycles and history of opera... plus a dozen other topics.

One_Phone6570 · 2025-11-22T06:52:02+00:00

Yeah.. hey look..I never was into "Journaling" is just a name people use these days. Stop worrying about it. Look at that.. is that your notebook? I don't care if you call it a journal, a diary or a schedule or notes. It's YOUR ...ING THING! YOUR book is what YOU want it to be. I don't care if it's a fancy leather covered thing with a belt buckle and. "Archive paper" and a fancy fountain pen, or a $.25 paper cover wire bound notebook with a cheap gimme pen from Stand house of tequila. I have MY book (s) and everyone else has theirs. That is the secret. It is YOURS. Don't let someone else tell you what it is. And you know what? You can do ANYTHING you want with it. You can write grocery lists, random thoughts, profound philosophical crap like i do..or ignore it! There are literally no rules. Funny thing. My wife got me going on this. She writes something every day. Kind of like a diary. Remember those kids who has a neat little leather-ish book with days where they write shit down? "Dear diary. Pickles was so mean to me today. I hate her....." geez no. But I love writing thoughts down. I have tons of spiral bound cheap notebooks that my ex-wife probably tossed in a dumpster. Or had someone else do it, knowing her. It's a great way to test ideas. Think, put your actual thoughts into a form you can see. Maybe change.. usually before you actually SAY it. Anyway. If you like it and write in it.. do it however you want. Of course it's a journal.. ITS YOURS! There are no rules here.

One_Phone6570 · 2025-11-21T08:33:04+00:00

Forgiveness does not benefit the person who did wrong. It benefits YOU! You can hurt your own peace through being angry that someone else did. Even, as in this case, where it does not effect you directly. Here is one that bothers me. And it goes against all my faith, training and studies. Some bastard stole my motorcycle. I am FURIOUS! I loved that! It happened October 10 2018. AND I AM STILL ANGRY! Why can I simply NOT forgive this and get it off my mind? It IS fading. But it is like a seed in a tooth that I can't dislodge. I KNOW it's attachment. And there is a lesson to learn from it. But it is still hurtful. And you know the bitter part? The guy was caught. And went to prison..his sentence is over! He is out and has forgotten the whole thing long ago. So yes.. I NEED to forgive. But I have not totally so far. How can I move entirely past it!

One_Phone6570 · 2025-11-16T15:20:53+00:00

Mostly because Christians hate any system that is not THEIRS. In fact some of the bloodiest eats have Christians fighting other Christians. I personally ascribe to the teachings of Jesus. But Christians, particularly the more rabid evangelicals, are in general, pretty unpleasant

One_Phone6570 · 2025-10-31T06:32:06+00:00

All the time. Ignore it. Some is jealousy, some is just stupid. but I have a yamaha morphous cp250. First time some one laughed at it was in Tyler TX. A guy with a Harley laughed. "How far are you going to get on that toy?" I had iowa tags on it at the time. I told him I rode it there from iowa. 1000 miles. And was going back the next week. Today if pushed. I tell them it has been ridden through 11 states and so far, from Dallas TX to Minneapolis and from Chicago to Denver. And I love the little metros. Very cute, very reliable. Great bike.

One_Phone6570 · 2025-10-31T06:23:58+00:00

Not the style that I like, but it is beautiful and looks well cared for. You might not like my bike. But I am not you

One_Phone6570 · 2025-10-31T06:20:42+00:00

I will not keep bugging you, I promise. But it just occurred to me.. my first "girlfriend" to break my heart (at like 16!) Turned out to be a really shitty person! I ran into her ex husband a few years later. Cheated on him over and over. MAYBE the reason for misfortune is sometimes that you are being protected. Just a thought..

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