Placid

[serenissima]

In response to my description of my visit with my boyfriend a few weeks ago, someone asked how I'm doing, myself. And I realized that my journal entries generally discuss my activities or things that cross my mind, but not so much my feelings. I feel like if I write about being down, sad or frustrated, I'm whining, and people wouldn't want to read that -- that's my perception. Whereas if I'm bouncy-happy and excited about something, I do generally post about it. I just don't get excited about much. That's my personality: moderately cheerful, not inclined to extremes of emotion in either direction (see also the meme that said I taste like bread). On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd say my mood is at 6 most of the time. I have my complaints and frustrations, but I'm doing all right.

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[pulplit.livejournal.com]

I am generally the same. That said, it's easy to turn whining about things into anecdotes. My family is always making fun of me for joining the Army and then spending time talking about all the Dumb Army Things, but that's just because "today was pretty decent" is awfully boring.