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I'm a 33 year old Scottish woman, trying to get my journal groove back. I'm a mum of three boys from teen to newborn, and work in healthcare but (thankfully) I'm on maternity leave just now. I mainly write about daily life, the struggles and highlights of attempting to adult and parent and be healthy as a highly strung, stressed over-thinker who doesn't like herself most of the time.

Wow, I sound fun. Should I mention that there will be wine, gin and chocolate?

I was obsessed with my Livejournal back in the day - I started it back in 2003 and even though I've only dipped in and out of it in recent years, writing is still very much how I make sense of my life and my mind. That's why I'm trying to reignite that obsession I once had...though it's difficult with increasing grown up responsibilities and shrinking time of my own to put ~~pen to paper~~ fingers to keyboard. But I know I need the chance to record snatches of life as it flies past, and an outlet for when my mental health takes a dive.

I swear and I like to write no-holds-barred. I'm very liberal and support choice - be that choice of who you love, choice over your reproductive options, or just the freedom to chose what you're going to watch on telly tonight. I'm doing my Masters in weight management so I try to live healthily through fitness (like dancing and weight training, albeit on a very beginner level) and healthy eating, but more often than not find myself alone amongst the crumbs at the bottom of a packet of biscuits. I'm book obsessed (mainly literary fiction and never fantasy, chick-lit, or much sci-fi), love a good tv series (Mr Robot, Stranger Things, The Handmaid's Tale, OITNB, Top of the Lake and Homeland have been recent highlights), and sometimes I even get out to see friends. Some or none of this may come out in my writing.

Along with a lack of time, I guess part of why I've lost touch with my journal has been my shrinking friends list. It's hard to make time to update when it feels increasingly like you're just shouting into a void. So I'd love it if anyone out there who is in a similar place in life or who is into similar things would like to take a punt on my journal. I wont promise a very active journal but I am going to try, and I'm also going to try and be a good friend in return.

It's a good job I've been with my husband for ten years, because I'd suck at filling out a dating profile. Feel free to swipe left (or is it right...? I'm not on Tinder).

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Hi! I'm Den and I think we'd really get along. I'm a wee bit older than you and only have one teen, but I'm very liberal and also support choice, I'm interested in staying healthy, so I generally watch what I eat, go hiking, walking, and practice yoga. I love to read, but it could be nearly anything.

May I add you?

I'd like that, it sounds like we'd get along!

Hi, I used to write to Livejournal for a long time too. Because so many people on my friends list stopped I moved here and switched to English. I'm 31 and I live in Finland. I used to do powerlifting and I like reading about nutrition so I think I would like reading your posts. I would like to add you!

Imagine my surprise to come to the community and see you post on here. I thought you had left Lj for good a while back. :)

Hi, I'm Vince and blogged on LJ from 2005 until 2015 as darksumomo. I decided not to go back because of the new Terms of Service. I'm liberal and love a good TV series as well. I'm a fan of "Stranger Things," "Orange is the New Black," and "Homeland," and am planning on watching "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Mr. Robot." I have blogged about all of them. I consider my main blogging home to be Blogspot, where I have kept a blog called Crazy Eddie's Motie News since 2011. However, I returned to Dreamwidth a month ago because another blogger started posting here and post nearly every day. If nothing else, we can talk about television.

I'd like that :)

Small world (sadly, I guess that shows how many people have given up journaling) - good to see you!

I know, I'd really drifted from my journal. It eats away at me that I've lost that part of me, so I'm trying to bring it back! I x-post my entries from here to there.

Sounds good to me - can always use some recommendations!

Oh I'm still very active on LJ too. I cross post also.

I added you!

Hello there! You sound quite interesting. We're in the same age group with similar views and tastes, so I think we'd get along. Would you like to give it a try? :)

Sounds good to me :)