(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Saturday Top Comments: Why Am I Doing This? [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-09-09 Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well as brand new Daily Kos readers to join us at 10pm Eastern. We strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd & most informative commentary, and we depend on your help!! If you see a comment by another Kossack that deserves wider recognition, please send it either to topcomments at gmail or to the Top Comments group mailbox by 9:30pm Eastern. Please please please include a few words about why you sent it in as well as your user name (even if you think we know it already :-)), so we can credit you with the find! So, Saturday Top Comments is not a frequently viewed diary. Because it’s published on Saturday night. So why, zen, you ask, are you writing every week when not many people will see it? I’m writing to write. Consider this a journal made public. I’m writing about the things happening in my life. And maybe an esoteric topic should I think of one. But even then, I’m just writing MY thoughts about it. I have never been shy about writing and talking about stuff in my life. The good AND the bad. Some have said that I should be careful because some of my writing can get very dark. And HR people comb social media and the internet. But it’s MY dark. I’ve never shied away from sharing the vicissitudes of my life, and discussing my mental health issues. Why? Because in discussing MY issues, maybe someone will read it and feel they aren’t as alone as they think and that might give them an impetus to keep going on. And there are things I will NEVER EVER discuss about me. Not even with my closest family. Not even with my therapist. They are the wall I’m slowly chipping away at. But lately, I’ve been sharing good things. The small victories, and even some big ones. Because writing about them gives them more solidity. More REALNESS, as it were. Seriously, I’ve been having a wonderful summer and start to the school year. And I know that under all that positivity is the other stuff. But keeping my focus on the positive may just help me overcome the other stuff. This is a journey for me to kind of remake myself. And I will break through that wall. And now on to Tops! TOP COMMENTS Brillig's ObDisclaimer: The decision to publish each nomination lies with the evening's Diarist and/or Comment Formatter. My evenings at the helm, I try reeeeallllyy hard to publish everything without regard to content. I really do, even when I disagree personally with any given nomination. "TopCommentness" lies in the eyes of the nominator and of you, the reader - I leave the decision to you. I do not publish self-nominations (ie your own comments) and if I ruled the world, we'd all build community, supporting and uplifting instead of tearing our fellow Kossacks down. Please remember that comment inclusion in Top Comments does not constitute support or endorsement by diarist, formatter, Top Comments writers or DailyKos. Questions, complaints or comments? Contact brillig. As of this writing, there are no submissions for today, September 9, 2023 TOP MOJO Top Mojo for today, September 9, first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you mik for the mojo magic! For those of you interested in How Top Mojo Works, please see his diary on FAQing Top Mojo. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/9/2192444/-Saturday-Top-Comments-Why-Am-I-Doing-This Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/