Hmm, I'm usually pretty busy on the weekend. I rarely even have time to write in my own journal. I try to answer comments on Monday mornings, but I do so more out of courtesy than actually having the time.
I think I also see my journal a bit differently... I post in there for myself. Sure, I like to hear what people have to say and am thankful for comments (and try to show I am by responding when I do have the time), but I don't see it as my friends responsibility to comment in my journal on a regular basis. I think if I made them feel like they had to do so, they would feel a lot less inclined to do it at all. To me, a journal is a place where I record things that happen so I can look back on them later. Yes, I am addicted to my e-mail and LJ, I love comments when they happen, but when I don't get them it doesn't take all the value out of the experience for me.
I wish I could say I was sorry, but it would only stress me out to think of posting comments in journals as a required use of my time each weekend, especially when I am already doing as well as I can to juggle everything else I have going on.
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I think I also see my journal a bit differently... I post in there for myself. Sure, I like to hear what people have to say and am thankful for comments (and try to show I am by responding when I do have the time), but I don't see it as my friends responsibility to comment in my journal on a regular basis. I think if I made them feel like they had to do so, they would feel a lot less inclined to do it at all. To me, a journal is a place where I record things that happen so I can look back on them later. Yes, I am addicted to my e-mail and LJ, I love comments when they happen, but when I don't get them it doesn't take all the value out of the experience for me.
I wish I could say I was sorry, but it would only stress me out to think of posting comments in journals as a required use of my time each weekend, especially when I am already doing as well as I can to juggle everything else I have going on.