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halojedhaHaving the opportunity to write here is foregrounding why I haven't been doing much personal journalling for the last few years. A lot of what I have to talk about is work, and I don't want to talk about that here. (Lots of reasons, but the main one you need to know is, my work is relatively sensitive and visible, and I value my privacy.) Beyond work - or perhaps behind it - is heaps of personal stuff which feels - well - personal. I remember having no compunction about spilling all on Livejournal: relationships, decisions, people I met. These days, I'm a little more present to the potential consequences of being so unfiltered.
In one's mid thirties, "life stuff" is higher stakes than it is in one's mid twenties. Back then, I was mostly wrapped up in my own affairs; whereas a lot of what's going on for me at the moment is deeply private because it relates to other people's privacy, which I'm committed to preserving.
Still, I have something of a personal policy of being revealed where I can. I chose my job partly because candour is a bonus - but being very revealed there, it makes it hard to know how much I can share here without crossing the streams. I don't want to make the digital equivalent of small talk here, but nor do I want to commit things to public record which I will regret later. I think it might take me a bit of time to figure out where I want to draw the line.
In one's mid thirties, "life stuff" is higher stakes than it is in one's mid twenties. Back then, I was mostly wrapped up in my own affairs; whereas a lot of what's going on for me at the moment is deeply private because it relates to other people's privacy, which I'm committed to preserving.
Still, I have something of a personal policy of being revealed where I can. I chose my job partly because candour is a bonus - but being very revealed there, it makes it hard to know how much I can share here without crossing the streams. I don't want to make the digital equivalent of small talk here, but nor do I want to commit things to public record which I will regret later. I think it might take me a bit of time to figure out where I want to draw the line.