The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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Thank you Kellianne and Buster for your wonderful creation. And interestingly, despite the fantastic new site, I still like the simplicity of old one. So I do both each day ;-)

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My wish for the new year is that the new 750 Words site recognizes my log in information and lets me into the site. Please and thank you, Kellianne and Buster. Happy New Year.

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I have registered for the new site but so far it will not let me in with my name and password. So I am continuing to write on the old site until Kellianne and Buster can make it so that the sign in on the new one works. I do love it here in the old version, though.

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After 12 years, I’m going to leave 750 words. This hurts because it’s like leaving an old friend, but I want to make space for other writing to come in (plus, I journal daily). Thanks so much for everything!

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This site saw me through many life experiences, and I’ll always remain grateful for its existence. I’ve decided to switch to journaling by hand now. Thank you Buster and Kellianne for everything!

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Well, sadly it’s time to say goodbye to 750Words. Even though I pay by standing order for some years, the heritage website is no longer allowing me to write daily, even though I’m logged in and I really don’t want to migrate to V2 – I tried that a couple of years ago and had a lot of problems actually getting logged in. So, unless it’s just a temporary glitch, I’ll be saying goodbye and simply saving all my archive posts. It’s been a journey and I have far in excess of 1 million words to my account..

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Ah. I have to leave the original 750words as it no longer saves my daily entry after nearly a decade’s worth of writing. I am on writing on the new site, but this feels like leaving an old friend 😱🥺😭😭

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So that is it! I will now move to V2. It was fun doing all that writing on here but I like the challenges on the new sites, the word of the day, the robotic suggestions.
Thank you for exporting my old stuff which is so easy to access. Bye V1, 8 years on and off is a long time

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In the process of moving to the new 750 words, it is a great site. Well worth exploring. Surprised myself by being so quickly convinced by it and moving on and over. There is a silly robot,…

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just open an account on the V2 and it is a nice white page to fill with loads of words so did two words practices today.
really like the lay out, love the old one but a face lift is sometimes a great, Happy writing to all

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just open an account on the V2 and it is a nice white page to fill with loads of words so did two words practices today.
really like the lay out, love the old one but a face lift is sometimes a great, Happy writing to all

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Really glad to be back. This is my third sign up. I am back to writing again and have more time. Still the same old, it is like visiting family I haven’t seen for a while. But the spirit of the place has not changed really.
Have a coffee to celebrate!

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I have not been using 750 Notes. I’ve been a squatter! And now, with the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, I need to write daily to download what the HS has for me, as well as to get things off my mind. IN THE PAST, I have done journaling on note pads, the big ones like students use. Spiral notebooks. But, it is not searchable, and I am not the most organized person in the world. I am probably similar to some of the other members here. Therefore I will join for a year (better deal) and this will encourage me to use the investment in the platform. It will allow me to always be able to journal, go back to look at what I was thinking before, and I am hoping there is a good search tool so I can look for a topic or date that is important to me. My future self, older self will thank me later. Thanks for reaching out and reminding me I like to write and I have something to say (even if it’s just to myself)! Peace, Love & Journal to you!
p.s. Buster and Kellianne, feel free to use this Testimonial in a public forum.
SB

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I have to admit, I have resisted the new version of 750 words for a long time. But alas, after 1500 days in a row, I’ve finally made the switch.

My review: IT’S REALLY REALLY GREAT!

You get confetti when you finish! The background isn’t pink anymore! It looks a little more slick and easy on the eyes, and for some reason i like that the word count is on the left now.

Kellianne and Buster, you guys are doing a solid job and I appreciate the care and small-business-ness of this site so much. Please keep it up!

~ love Jen

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Replying to Morgan: Sadly I have recently found the Search of old entries on the old site not accurate. I got wrong dates when I searched and when the date was correct the copy was incomplete. Sad. It was such a lovely feature. Sorry to lose it. Could not comment on her post since I am not a fan of Disquis.

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I’ve been writing with you for 11 years, and one of my favorite features about the old site is the I can search my old entries. I would love love love it if you could make the old entries import into the new site with the same organization and searchability as on the old site.

Thanks,
Morgan

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I have been aiming for the Griffin badge for a few years, and missing, but I have finally managed that magic 2000 day streak :-)

Again, thank you, Kellianne and Buster, for this wonderful writing platform that enables us …to write for 2000 days in a row, to write a diary, to write a book… or whatever our goal is <3 <3 <3

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I just re-joined after a period of several years. The last time I was using 750words, I was journaling about things I was going through. I was also putting down stories about my cats, just so I’d remember them — for myself. My partner had gone thru dementia and I wanted a way to remember things. Normally, I’ve got bits and bobs everywhere, but 750words was a place that I could access from wherever and just write.

When I got to a place where I needed a book, all my cat stories were in one place! That made it easy for me to pull the book together, because 3/4 of it was already written. I’m so thankful!

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To Diana
I tried to post this the “normal way” but with little or no success so it is that since i have no and i do mean no quit in me i vi for this methos. 750.com is great enough said enjoy the journey post when you can you will be better for it. Like a friend that simply listens and nods. I in answer to your post seek simple solutions so i use my tablet on occassion to “dictate” my thoughts for some of my posts others i post at just after mid night to be ahead of the day to come. My spelling they tell me doesn’t matter but it matters to me so i use a spell check along with a spelling app to help me along. I am not i am sure not as busy as yourself but i do hope this helps. Cheers and God bless.

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Thanks 750 words getting it done every day. A great place to clear my head and start again fresh. I have covered all kinds of topics and changed styles of writing as well. Presently I am in my Charles Burkowski style of rambling about the days or nights or escapades, makes no mind my words and thoughts are safe from prying eyes. Peace out.

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I love 750words, but to date I haven’t been able to do 30 days straight. I am a spousal caregiver and can’t seem to get “consistent free time” to do things like this for myself. Does anyone out there who is similarly busy have any ideas on how to get better at it?

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Note to Sam Young: Welcome to Griffen-dom!! Congratulations!

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well well well i got to 1000 days and broke my streak, and I feel ok about it. I am hella proud that i got that done. And I continue. If i am lucky enough to have another 100 or 1000 or 10,000 days in my life, I will be grateful for this space to write privately, the gunk, the dreams, the anger, the joy. Fear and love, tiny things and large things. ALLLLLL of the dang life that life offers us, with a baseball bat to the head or gut, or a bouquet of flowers. Hahaha you can see that writing for 1000 days does NOT help with editing but that is not what it is for. It is for process. And, witnessing. I am here. And you are too! THANKS Kellianne and Buster— eternal gratitude!!!

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I joined 750 words a long time ago. I originally thought I would write a book. I found I love reading much, much more. I did find that 750 words does help clear my mind when I need it to. I am a sporadic writer so to become a hundred day writer is almost beyond my belief set. But, the site was always here when I needed it. Thank you

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Last Thursday I think I had a real cathartic experience for the first time in the history of my treatment. I was thinking about my difficulty to write the report. I was telling Joe about my reaction to Arnold’s offer to send me his own psychoanalytic report. I described how anxious and insecure it made me feel at first. I was also worried about Joe’s reaction to this situation and how he might disapprove it as if that would be just another distraction to look at someone else’s writing rather than be focusing on my own. I just looked at the time and it’s 10:10. Woo-hoo. Good sign that I am doing something good. This number means everything is working out for me, I am working towards higher purpose. Anyway, I got distracted a bit but now back to my session experience last Thursday. I observed how my immediate anxiety to Arnold’s offer subsided after a read his own psychoanalytic case report for the second time and realized that it actually helped me to better understand how to structure my report and how psychoanalytic writing should look like. I continued thinking how I always struggled with procrastination, as long as I remembered myself I made it so difficult for my self to progress with my learning because I would not study or would do it the last minute so that it would be difficult to absorb and let the material settle in my mind, instead I was distracted by stress and anxiety about my performance. Joe was listening to me and then asked me if I thought I learnt something in my classes. I didn’t respond but got silent. He asked me what made it difficult to answer that question. I observed myself being kind of stuck and unresponsive. He thought about the word that I used in the previous session – finality – something that he said communicated perhaps my awareness that the work with my supervisors and my analysis with Joe would end at some point, he thought that perhaps I was having a hard time with that because it would evoke a strong sense of loss that I was defending against because it was too painful to acknowledge the loss of my father. I was conflicted about writing the report and presenting it to my supervisors and being able move on and mature but instead I perceived myself as a little girl who could not grew up and move on and so I didn’t have to face the loss. When Joe stopped talking I started sobbing with such intensity and emotionality that at first I could not consciously understand. My body was reacting before my mind could get a sense of what was happening. I shared that with Joe and he said that it will catch up eventually. I was so astonished with my reaction and how Joe’s interpretation just hit the core of my internal conflict, this difficulty to use my mind and move on. I felt such a strong sense of relief that I haven’t experienced for a long time. It was like a heavy weight was off my shoulders and I felt a sense of lightness and clarity and ease. Things seemed not as complicated as I always felt before. After the session I thought so good and so inspired. I understood how the erratic and irregular meetings with my father were so short lived. When I saw him sober and present, I would just listen to his stories and interesting scientific facts, but I could not allow myself to think that I could use my own mind in the same way and be inspired to learn and thrive. The only thing I could allow myself is to remain that passive little girl, who listened and didn’t talk or express herself. I got stuck in his emotional experience of a little child without a mind of her own because it would mean to lose my father, it would mean that I don’t need him. I also thought about my fantasy of an exciting and handsome man watching me from a distance. This fantasy was constructed as a result of my longing for my father who was never around and who would often be absent, who would appear handsome, attractive and charismatic on the photos. He was looking at me from these pictures and that was very sad and hopeless that I could to have him appear this was in my life. I miss my father. I never allowed myself to mourn the loss of my father. I think I am able to grieve his absence in my life. I would like to relate to men in a different way. I would like to feel like a woman and not a little girl. I am capable to feel attractive, successful and interesting. I can make choices and be more active in relation to a man. I still have to feel more relaxed and uninhibited.

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750 words is truly a key part of my mental health practice. Writing everyday, about anything, important or trivial, notes, reminders, or just gibberish, is the best way (for me) to get some quiet time, headspace, mindfulness. I appreciate this site, literally, everyday. Please keep up the good work!

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Today my writing on 750words.com went through 2 million words. That’s an average of showing up here 192 days/year and writing just short of 1,000 words a day over the ten and a half years I’ve been writing – although it hasn’t been a linear writing pathway by any means!

750words.com is part of my morning routine. I use it to get my somewhat overwhelmed and full head down onto the virtual page to be able to sort through what I’ve got going on mentally, practically and emotionally. I’m very grateful that it exists and that every day it provides me with the E M Forster opportunity to ‘see what I say’ in order to ‘know what I think’. Thank you all.

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Just completed my first month streak here! So exciting. If I can do it, anyone can :)