an introduction...because what else are first posts for?

[oringrey]

Okay technically this isn't my first post here.
I actually set up this journal about 4 years ago and made a few sporadic posts around that time and then kind of...abandoned it. Recently, I wanted to come back to it, but I also feel that in the last four years I've become an entirely different person. So I'm starting over.

Hi, I'm Orin! My pronouns are they/them. I am 31 years old and I live with my husband, Calvin, and our dog, Luke. In November 2023, I had a baby named Linus who was sadly stillborn.

I currently work as a supervisor at a public library and I really love it, and I'm considering going back to school with the eventual goal of getting my MLS.

I'm not really sure what I'm planning on posting here. Probably a little bit of everything - my thoughts on books, zines, music, library work, working through grief, boring rambles about my daily life. I have a goal to journal every day so I'll be trying to do that here. Probably a lot of it will be...relatively boring. I don't live the most exciting life. But I will do my best to keep things varied as much as I can.

Regardless, you'll get to me know me a little bit better.

Comments

Hello!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>Recently, I wanted to come back to it, but I also feel that in the last four years I've become an entirely different person. So I'm starting over.<<

If you're new here, then you might like newcomers which provides resources about Dreamwidth. You can introduce yourself in the Friending Meme if you wish. goals_on_dw is another that may appeal, since it includes ideas for blogging topics.

>> In November 2023, I had a baby named Linus who was sadly stillborn.<<

My sympathies.

>> I currently work as a supervisor at a public library and I really love it, and I'm considering going back to school with the eventual goal of getting my MLS.<<

Libraries are awesome. :D I have some librarians in my audience.

>>I'm not really sure what I'm planning on posting here. Probably a little bit of everything - my thoughts on books, zines, music, library work, working through grief, boring rambles about my daily life.<<

You might consider recurring posts. Those maintain activity and pin down your core topics. Frex, you could write about library work on one day, reading recommendations another, and grief work a third.

>> I have a goal to journal every day so I'll be trying to do that here. <<

Go you!

>>Probably a lot of it will be...relatively boring. I don't live the most exciting life.<<

Libraries and books are very popular topics here.