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spedbug ([personal profile] spedbug) wrote2006-02-17 10:37 am
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Paring down my Friends list

Can I be honest? I have seventy-seven people on my friends list and it's partially due to this that I spend less time on LJ. I realize I'm under no obligation to post in everyone's journal yet I feel I should and will actually avoid reading journals if I feel I can't reply. This sucks. I worry that I already show partiality to certain people's journals while ignoring others and hate to think I'd inadvertanly hurt someone's feelings, in the end.

I went and looked at my Friends list, today, in hopes of finding a good ten people on there I could cut without hurting myself or them in the process and it was fruitless. Nearly every single person on my Friends list is someone I adore interacting with (even if it's only once in a while).

*sigh*

I love you guys and can't bear to part with any of you. :(

Re: Aw

[identity profile] spedbug.livejournal.com 2006-02-18 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
*mwah*

[identity profile] spedbug.livejournal.com 2006-02-18 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
No pruning of my LJ friends tree will take place, at this time. {{{kairon}}}

Re: What everyone else said!

[identity profile] spedbug.livejournal.com 2006-02-18 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Perfect sense. Thanks! :)

Re: What everyone else said!

[identity profile] spedbug.livejournal.com 2006-02-18 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I truly don't think of any stuff as "boring". It's the "mundanities" of life that really give me insight into the life of all my friends, here, and I appreciate the privelege of being on the list of those who are allowed to share that. The problem is, I've felt like I need to hire someone to read for me and then recap it all in a short meeting! ;) I've just got to stop obsessing about reading everyone's journal, religiously, and just jump in when I can and ask, "What are you talking about?" if I'm not up-to-date on events.

[identity profile] spedbug.livejournal.com 2006-02-18 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, Sirannon. I hope to read when I can and ask for updates when I'm behind.

[identity profile] spedbug.livejournal.com 2006-02-18 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
{{{alives}}}

Please don't worry about answering in my journal when you're busy. Those who are on my friends list are there because I've come to know and like them, not due to the amount of replies they post in my journal.

[identity profile] spedbug.livejournal.com 2006-02-18 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm keeping everyone - I just can't bear to cut anyone! I may even add new people, now and again. I'm just going to give myself permission to fall behind without the useless flagellation!

Re: What everyone else said!

[identity profile] o-jenny.livejournal.com 2006-02-18 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I've just got to stop obsessing about reading everyone's journal, religiously, and just jump in when I can and ask, "What are you talking about?" if I'm not up-to-date on events.

Sounds like an excellent approach. :-)

[identity profile] drutt.livejournal.com 2006-02-19 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd agree with that. I also tend to find that sentences which contain "whom" tend to sound like the Queen's speech in my head.

[identity profile] mlbish.livejournal.com 2006-02-20 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I was just thinking the same thing recently. I wanted to pare down my friends list, but I didn't want to actually cut anybody.

*also sigh*

[identity profile] spedbug.livejournal.com 2006-02-22 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
I'm leaving mine untouched but I am going to stop adding friends, as tempting as it may be to do so. That's my "compromise".

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