Understood and agreed! I find the Diary Game mostly boring and bland, but that's because of the way it's implemented. @patjewell once delivered wonderful diaries, just the way I want them to be. Not to mention @ty-ty...
But: if I'm honest, the diaries appeal to me even more than the tiresome engagement challenges. They deal with what is given by the host in the form of an essay. The diaries offer a glimpse into life models that are so far away, so alien to my own, that I am grateful for this opportunity to "look over the fence"...
And even if I call my contributions something else: most of them correspond to a kind of diary ;-))
I love it when people take an "instruction" and make it BLOOOOOOM like it was designed to!
I totally agree with you - I just wish people were encouraged to be a little more adventurous! It (almost) makes me want to be back at the helm, inspiring and motivating... (NO JAYNE!!!) lol) Those cultures and lifestyles which are foreign to many... could offer a lot more.
Guilty too. :)