Something that becomes apparent when reading around the forum is the number of people who become disillusioned with the process of learning to become your best self (or un-learning x years of social conditioning, whichever you prefer). I include myself in this - having those days (or even weeks) where you feel like you've gone nowhere and should just give it all up. I describe it as feeling like I have no weapons to go into battle with.
However, something I've recently discovered that can help (especially those who have been on here a good long while) is to read back over your old posts, and particularly threads you have started. It puts a lot into perspective. I, for example, see an unbelievable difference in myself when I read posts from as little as 6 months ago, and find my posts from when I had just started out faintly ridiculous.
Give it a try when you feel like giving up anyway. It works for me.
It's just advice, fellas. Do whatever the FUCK you wanna do
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I've written my Diary since the age of 16. Not quite every night, but most nights since then.
I'm now 26. My Diary is 10 years old, 3,100 pages long, 2,000,000+ words - and I get so much from reading back over things I wrote 3 months, 3 years, 5 years, 10 years ago.
I especially enjoy the entry, written aged 18, when I lost my virginity. When I wrote, and I quote: 'With one swift swing of my hips, eighteen years and seven months of virginity were brought crashing to an end'.