I've mentioned before that sometimes do what I call ego-writing... writing stories where I, (or occasionally a thinly veiled version of me but with the name and a couple minor details changed) am in some wild situation: aliens, super powers, post-apocalypses, etc, to both entertain myself and practice a bit of writing even though it's not meant to lead to anywhere professional.
One of the things I've considered doing recently is trying it as a journal.
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