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[liv]

I wasn't visibly bisexual on the internet yesterday, and I didn't read any novels or tell the internet about them because it was Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. So I was in synagogue all day, or more precisely, I was in the pulpit all day, and that is too much, one person should never do the whole of Yom Kippur single-handed, but anyway, I did it, and I still just about had a voice and the ability to stand by the end.

I've done that thing where I get out of the habit of posting, and I feel like I have to start again with something significant, indeed I have a couple of long thinky posts half composed in my head. But that always ends up just blocking me; it'll probably happen that something else will catch my attention and I'll never get round to posting the thinky stuff that's been in my mind lately.

I know I'm not the only one in this situation, so let me take the opportunity to start up a game that worked well in the past:

When you see this post, feel encouraged to post something in your journal. Short or long, trivial or profound, it doesn't matter, just something. And if you like, you can pass on the token by copying this notice at the bottom of your post.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Congrats from a reprobate Jew who's never been inside a temple on Yom Kippur, but admires your stamina anyway. And thanks for the prompt.

Shorter is better than none, and any response is better than silence.

[liv]

Aw, icon love, and thank you for the kind comment! I definitely think it was a good thing the last time a meme like this went round, just post something, it's better than silence. And it's a positive feedback mechanism because the more posts there are the more lively your little neighbourhood of DW feels.

I am a very synagogue focused person, but I do feel like if you're going to attend rarely Yom Kippur is really the wrong service to pick. So good for you not giving in to pressure to turn up on the Big Day.