well, hello.

if you haven't seen my announcement yet, nor my new bio, i've got something to share with you.

so... a lot has happened, right? *sigh*

school has happened (well, it's still happening), loneliness has existed, crushes have been dreamt up and confessed to--

but that's all a story for another time. literally.

simply put, in my new book i will share word-for-word excerpts of my gratitude journal. 

(it's not really a gratitude journal, it's more like a happiness journal/a diary, because i put literally everything in there.)

i figure it takes guts to share my personal life with people on the internet, but... i'm not too afraid. after all, i'm writing this announcement in this story to tell the most people i can about this endeavor.

this journal has been going strong in my phone since june 28, 2019. and there's a lot.

like, a LOT. oh my god. there is SO much stuff in capitalized-bold-italicized-underlined format.

and some of it is mundane.

but some of it... isn't.

there are nightmares. and i don't mean in the metaphorical sense.

i have tried, over the course of around 28 months, to infuse as much happiness, laughter, joy, love, empowerment, comfort, infatuation, conversation, excitement...

and i want to share it with you all, no matter who reads it.

why?

i don't really know...

i just... feel like it.

*and anyway, i've speculated in this journal about putting this on the internet--fueled by my love for outer space docuseries. immortalizing it, if you will.

(i figure this is the time to tell me if images on wattpad work for you or not, because i'll be putting screenshots in.)

(i'll hide/change personal information about friends, locations, family, etc.)

i think chapters will be marked by dates and their topics. the book will have segments from different time periods through my life for the past 28 months and a few days (this was written on december 4, 2021).

so, uh, yeah. that's about it. i don't really care if no one reads, i just want to share a bit of my life, and hope to give you guys some joy as well. i'm not much of a talker anyways, really--i consider myself an extroverted introvert--so this is a way i wanted to bare myself out to you.

you've all helped me so much. even though i do feel somewhat distanced from you all as a community since my last adventure into writing (which was around june 2018?) i feel like i owe you all. 

so... i'm gonna do this. it's 12:18 AM, and i've squared my shoulders, and i shall let out bits and pieces of my life to you. 

i hope you enjoy.

--goldsberrydiggs

PS: hm, isn't that what "enjoy" means? to put joy in something? infuse joy, if you will?

that's what i aim to do with this new book. infuse joy into your lives, and hopefully mine as well.