Personal Or Just Personality?
I was attempting to figure out a dilemna today. How personal do I get to make my blog? With the knowledge that I have at least one ex boyfriend, one sibling and both parents reading my blog where do I have to draw the line with talking about my life? Do I get to talk only about the day to day things that don't really affect me, or can I talk about the life changing things? Can I open my feelings about different things up to discussion and possibly even concern? Can I write about something that I know may hurt someone who reads it? Can I say anything truly personal, or just show my personality?
In the time that I have spent turning this question over in my mind, I came to formulate another. How much of what I share with the people in my life I'm close with is personal? Is any of it, or is it simply my personality?
I don't get close to a lot of people because at this point in my life, they seem to have the nasty habit of leaving. Australia seems to be the continent that is drawing the majority of attention for the time being and for some who loves Ontario, that's pretty intimidating. It's also hard to judge how far people are willing to come into your life. Sometimes those who you think are close are simply waiting for an opportunity to run away and those who seem to be on the periphery of your vision are simply waiting for an invitation in.
However, none of that truly answers my question. How much of my life is personal and how much is personality? Maybe I'll have a good answer in the morning.
posted by Martha at 10:08 PM
2 Comments:
Personally in my blog, i don't go into real depth, about anything. I mostly post what I do, if it's a special occasion (such as PYPS, Jars of clay Concerts, Anime/Sci-Fi conventions). Most the real personal stuff, I won't put that out on the 'Net that's just creepy, especially if anyone who comes past it can read it. That's the stuff I talk to friends about.
But take for example Sunny (http://sunnykooy.blogspot.com/) she used her Blog in the summer to keep everyone up to date on her travels in Greece.
I guess it's just personal Preference.
--Alex
I know livejournal has a feature that allows you to tweak your privacy so that everyone can see it, only people listed as "friends" on livejournal can see it, or the latter of those two, plus taking away the option of allowing anyone to comment on it. Maybe your blog has something like that, if you don't want the ex or the family stumbling onto sensitive material. (I should consider myself lucky, I guess - neither my exes, nor my family really care to read my LJ ;))
- Jeff
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