the_abecedarian @ the_abecedarian @piefed.social

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Please don't take an interview that someone who needs a job needs

Note that you can encrypt an analog journal, it just requires you to use a manual cipher, like these https://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/manual.htm

I use a typewriter (a Triumph Gabriele-e), blank looseleaf (a particular kind of heavier printer paper), and a springback binder to hold it all. Sometimes I use a fountain pen, but my writing isn't particularly beautiful.

By "journaling" I do it as a kind of braindump on an as-needed basis. Pure stream-of-consciousness without any pressure to make it coherent, organized, or eloquent. I don't do this every day, but I end up writing once per week-to-10-days.

I have a separate (paper) planner and digital info-repository, Joplin: https://joplinapp.org/

Trusting your gut makes sense. It sounds to me like he's got a medium level of interest, but isn't in a hurry to hang out terribly often. Part of it could be that, since he already lives in the area, he's just going to prioritize existing family and close friends over a possible new one.

Making friends in a new place can be frustrating. Just find various kinds of meetups (sports, volunteering, hobbies, clubs, etc) that interest you and eventually you'll pick up a couple of friends. You have to go in with no expectations for any particular person, but put out invites and see who ends up wanting to hang.

Good luck, keep trying! It took me a year to build up a base of friends when I moved fairly recently.