Hi, I'm Allezhop! 👋 (sticky)

[allezhop]

I'm a former blogger and LiveJournal poster. (I was ddr_ho on LJ.... Man, I miss DDR.) I am a teacher who has cut out all social media, and am embracing the anonymity of DW. I'm aiming for a daily 'brain dump'—a space to process the beautiful chaos of teaching and the quiet work of rebuilding my life.

My topics are usually about finding peace after a stressful day in a 6th grade ELA/ESL classroom at a Title 1 school, my personal pursuit of financial stability and debt payoff, my journey with sobriety, and deep dives into the weird things my INFJ brain worries about.

If I followed you recently, I probably found you on a reading page from my circle or Latest Things. Also, I will follow back almost anyone (This "almost" covers toxicity and bad vibes).

I'm looking to build a small, supportive circle of diarists who write regularly and value the sense of connection and community on DW. If you're here to share glimpses into your daily life, I'd love to read! To me, it's the perfect antidote to polished social media.

Thanks for stopping by. :)

Comments

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I'm just getting into the daily habit of using DW <<

Go for it!

Some folks have a daily thing they post about, like my birdfeeding, or crafts, or whatever. Others prefer a schedule of different topics, or whatever random thing catches their interest.

>>I'm mostly going through recently posted to see if I can find other active posters. <<

Use the Latest Things feed, click on interesting posts, then check how active that blog is.

Use the Interests page to search for things you like, then see who's posting about them. Popular Interests has things that lots of people like; check for ones that you also like, then look for people posting about those.

This masterlist has active communities. Visit the ones on topics you like, then see who is posting about those things.

You could also post in Add Me communities looking for active posters.

>>I like patio gardening, knitting, reading,<<

There are communities for Gardening, Crafts, and Books.

Re: Thoughts

[allezhop]

Thanks so much! That's so helpful!

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

You're welcome! I starting making the Follow Friday lists in the Masterlist because it's so hard to find active communities.

[auros]

Huh. Did you have a different name on LJ? (I confess, I don't recognize who you are, though obviously I added you to my friend list at some point... But several people I know might answer to your description.)

[allezhop]

Hi! This is Marian from Smarch. 😊 On LJ I was ddr_ho.

[auros]

oooooh, hi. :-D

I haven't been getting on S'march lately. Work + volunteer work with the cat TNR/fostering group + political stuff has just been eating all my time.

I barely post... Do check in on friends posting here pretty regularly, tho.

[allezhop]

I have thought of you because I'm probably getting involved with TNR soon. It started by feeding one hungry cat, then it brought a small friend along. So I'm going to the SPCA intro to TNVR next week.

[auros]

I have a litter of five foster kittens in my office / guestroom currently. Which puts the total number of cats at our house at ten currently, which is really too many cats. Need to find forever homes for these guys...

[allezhop]

I meant to reply! I think it's great how dedicated you are and kind to the kitties.

[weofodthignen]

I was going to warn you, my "journal" tends to be boring to the level of being useful as a sleep aid. However, it does sometimes mention the feral cats for whom I'm one of the minions. So maybe not so utterly boring for you.

*waves*

[allezhop]

You had me at toadstool!

And yes, I definitely am interested in connecting with the community of feral cat carers! Hi and thank you!

[seawasp]

Thanks for the add! I'm a writer, gamer, R&D director, dad (with dad jokes), and occasional political ranter.

[allezhop]

Hi! I read a few of your posts yesterday and enjoyed your reasoning! Nice to meet you!

[maju]

Hello, thanks for adding me. I do write regularly, pretty much every day, but I can't say it's always interesting to anybody but me.

[allezhop]

That's my favorite. I love all the glimpses into everyday life... It is the antidote to Instagram.

[maju]

Those are the kinds of posts I like too, so I guess I shouldn't be so quick to judge myself as boring.

[vysila]

Hi there, and how lovely to add a new friend to the circle! I have added you back and look forward to getting to know you. I hope you enjoy DW - it's a lovely community of friendly people and generally calm with little drama. Sounds perfect for your needs.

[allezhop]

Thank you very much! I am enjoying DW a lot. I am definitely more of a "small circle" person in every area of my life, so this is great.

[fujiapplefox]

Hello!! I too am a former LJ poster. I missed those days. Like you I want to start journaling again. I have social media but I'm not on it as much. I kind of want to be here. I want to see DW grow as big as LJ was.

I feel ya, I know about debt it's awful. I really hope you can recover and get back to being stable.

I'd love to friend you if that's okay. :D

[allezhop]

Absolutely, please do! Nice to meet you!

[fujiapplefox]

Thank you!!!! It's nice to meet you as well!
I just friended you :)