tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12159162.post115654975645500234..comments2023-11-02T09:32:19.384-04:00Comments on In Blue Ink: In Which I Lie to Myselfa/k/a Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499119739368587916noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12159162.post-1156964442769500532006-08-30T15:00:00.000-04:002006-08-30T15:00:00.000-04:00The whole lying and truth thing is many-layered. ...The whole lying and truth thing is many-layered. How you view it grows and granges with experience and persepctive.<BR/><BR/>The wish to want the best for them in spite of your own pain is admirable in its own way.<BR/><BR/>Funny about the 20-20 hindsight. But even later it may turn out you will have a richer and more forgiving view of your younger self.Mary Stebbins Taitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12159162.post-1156618974167937382006-08-26T15:02:00.000-04:002006-08-26T15:02:00.000-04:00OK, this suggestion won't help with the lying (pan...OK, this suggestion won't help with the lying (pants on fire!) since obviously if you lie to yourself, you're going to sugarcoat things for the rest of us, too, but here comes the idea train: go into your old email accounts and go into the sent folder. I'm sure there are instances where you sent an email to friends or family describing your day or telling a funny story or such. This will provide you with a supplement to your private journals.<BR/><BR/>I actually created a Word document "journal" comprised primarily from old emails.BerryBirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01688522956177325844noreply@blogger.com