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Are You Truly Comfortable Writing In Your Blog?
May 10, 2010
This question presented itself when I was hounding Hillary about having finally find a layout she likes and not having updated her blog. She said she had some personal issues (she elaborated with me, but I don’t think it’s my right to do so on her account) to work through and that she didn’t feel comfortable posting it on her public blog so instead she posted it on her Livejournal. This brings us to the question of how comfortable you actually are blogging about personal tidbits regarding your life on your personal domain. For me, there are some topics I won’t blog about publicly, usually private moments between myself and Robby– and when I say private I mean things concerning our marriage that not everyone needs to know. For instance very sensitive subjects in which we still have raw wounds that haven’t quite healed.
In cases like the above, I often utilize my protected post feature in which only a few registered users are granted access. The reason for this is because typically I value their opinions over others because they know both Robby and I and therefore have the capability of giving sound advice which isn’t bias towards me or him. Other then those topics, I’m quite comfortable with writing openly in my personal domain. Now, I understand that not everyone has the capacity to be okay with “strangers” reading the tidbits of their life and that’s fine, but I do have to wonder what’s the point of having a public blog if you intend on keeping everything on a superficial level.
I suppose the reason I’m confused is because I write as a release. It serves as a means to allow me to express myself both emotionally and intellectually, and most importantly it serves as a resource. What do I mean when I say resource? It allows me to came back at the end of the day and re-read an entry that I posted when I was angry, upset, hurt, etc and re-evaluate my emotions regarding the event or events which caused them. If I find that I was in the wrong and reacted poorly, then I have the choice to try and repair what damage I might have caused due to my reaction. If I learn a little more about myself and how I react to certain situations, then I can embrace that knowledge and expand on it or work to prevent the same reaction should the same situation arise again.
For me my domain, despite its openness to the public provides me with the ability to learn not only from myself but also from others. So really, how comfortable are you writing in your public blog and ultimately why do you think that is? Would you like your feelings to change, why or why not?
May 10, 2010
I feel I am comfortable with writing about my personal life on my blog. I started out writing on diaryland.com and then finally decide to join the big kids and get my own website. Sometimes I feel like my posts are a little scatterbrained, but I am comfortable talking about my life and the more personal aspects of my life. If there is something that I feel I cannot discuss on my blog, I don’t. I don’t write protected posts, probably because I don’t have really close online friends yet. Perhaps when I gain some I will.