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On DVD:

• The Twilight Zone (1959-64) Season 1 and beginning Season 2.
• Kelly’s heroes
• The Road, right after I re-read that amazing novel, I could not resist.

There’s something much more personal about it than typing on a screen.

So much! Like receiving (and sending) a handwritten letter. I don’t now, It encourages to care much in reading and/or answering it.

• Spend some time posting stuff in the !journaling@sh.itjust.works, hopefully encouraging members to participate more. Things have started to move in the right direction which makes me even more convinced there are a lot more people that could share real good/interesting/useful/fun content. One just needs to find how to encourage them.
• Write a letter and send it to a friend, the old-school snail mail way.
• Read (a paper book) and write (on sheets of paper, with a fountain pen). Yep, I try to spend as much time as I can away from any screen.
• Do chores. Yeah! (Don’t tell anyone, I cheated as little as I started the laundry today already)
• Get over that nasty cold I got a couple days ago.
• If that cold allows, get out for my daily walks.
• Last but certainly not not least, spend as much time as I can with my spouse, being silly together. It doesn’t matter if we’re well into our 50s and are supposed to be serious and all that, or if we’ve been silly together for 25 years already, it’s always a lot of fun ;)

I would start by looking in public libraries, shops, and by asking. Edit: most libraries will organize (or relay) various events, or they might know someone who does.

Without knowing what you’re looking for it’s difficult but let’s say you like to play chess like I do. The first think I did when arriving where I live is visit a chess shop and ask questions. The guy gave me a couple addresses, I went there and met people there, who helped meet other people and so on.

Edit: I would also check local newspapers and bulletin-boards.

I use mine as a way to keep track of events around me (no politics or earth shattering stuff, just daily & intimate stuff), things I want to be able to remember. And to help me put a semblance of order in my the mess I call my thoughts. Also as… a sketchbook which I find fun and relaxing to do even though I’m no artist.

My main suggestion would be to make it fun and exciting. The more it is, the more likely it will become a habit you will enjoy keeping.

Oh, I’m 50+ and I’ve been journaling for almost 50 years, if that makes any difference.

BTW, I very recently decided to try to ‘revitalize’ the !journaling@sh.itjust.works community. Here is two posts that may interest you: How do you actually start journaling? and How do you guys make short journal entries?

I hope you won’t mind that shameless plug but I thought it might interest you to know about that community. So, if you ever feel like joining and participating, do not hesitate. For the moment, people have been commenting below my posts, which is already a nice (and huge) change, but I would love to see more people posting new content. And if that’s something that worries you, there is no such thing as a stupid question ;)