I'm not entirely sure how I got started looking at this, but I found old online journal entries from 1997. Which means I've been keeping an online journal for almost 8 years now.

A few things I noted:

• I was just as stressed out about life then as I am now. The only difference is that the things I was stressed out about then seem pretty stupid and inconsequential to me now. Will I look back 8 years from now and think the same thing about my current objects of stress?


• I was much more open about my life then than I am now. Part of this is likely to do with the fact that I can't be open about my life without being open about Kirsten's life too


• My writing was more, urm, florid. This is probably due to the above mentioned point. As I close myself off content-wise, I've probably closed myself off a little style-wise too.


• Entries were generally much longer. Though, it's notable that as the years progress, my entries get shorter and shorter.

I'll have to take a cruise through the directories on this website and others I can still access to see what other 'gems' I've forgotten about.

I also came across this image of the last time I saw Aunt Mi: