Hi Em
I am rather old-fashioned when it comes to punctuation.
You can also save on characters counted by having short paragraphs, which will require fewer spaces between fewer sentences. For example, I could remove one Caracter if I was to begin this sentence on a new line.
Personally, I find large blocks of writing more difficult when there is no punctuation, & sometimes I've noticed no capital letters either. I will often copy & paste the text into a work document & tidy it up, so I will then be able to follow & understand better what someone has written.
My text-to-speech reader tries to recognise punctuation & the voice will raise a notch in pitch for commas, question marks & exclamation marks. That helps me understand what someone has to say better.
Don't you worry; you write as you please.
I've wondered if the no punctuation is about how the mind is fast, going quickly from one thought to another, & people are just trying to get it all down.
I am also aware how inconvenient it is when typing on a phone. I won't ever do this stuff on my phone.
Even though I make mistakes, which I like to correct ASAP, I still like my physical keyboard. I used to like pen & paper more but writing like that is no longer practical.
Mekitty, the cat in my avatar, didn't giv cuddles. sometimes she would permit me to lean over & wrap my arms around her, where she lay curled up, for a minute or so. then she would get annoyed, especially if my hair fell into her face. She would only let me holdher for twenty seconds at a time, too.
Yet, sometimes, she would get in between the back of my office chair & my back, while I was there, using my PC.
So, thank you to your cat for the little pet.
Mekitty had a loud purr, like s
she had a motor inside generating the purr.Like beautiful means 'full of beauty', purrful means 'full of purr'.
Hi James, I agree, when we canearn to look at ourselves with compassion, we can begin to care more & be kind & gentle with ourselves. It's as if I hadn't had any empathy or sympathy for myself when I was younger. (& Em, I'm 63 now, & getting closer to being 64 every day). Some of what I've had to deal with was being angry at myself for things I didn't know or understand, & things I could not control.
I've lerned, I am not the dismal failure I thought, not a nothing, useless thing no one would ever want. It was all old baggage from my childhood.
& I can do things to help myself up when I fall down. I'm not weak, not powerless, & my life is my own.
Hugzies to you, Em & James, & all
mmmekitty
