Just recently, I found out a new coworker was reading my blog.
I've taken great pains to keep my blog and my work separate but they converged on this particular day and I felt very uncomfortable.
I don't blog about where I work, what city it's in or what I do.
I rarely talk about people I work with so I am not worried about that type of backlash but I would never want to have this kind of discussion with any "higher ups".
It made me uncomfortable to know that someone I worked with on a daily basis was reading everything I wrote without my knowledge.
I am not sure why because there are complete strangers out in the world who have the ability to read everything on this blog and I'd never know.
But somehow, when it's someone I am face to face with everyday, it was different. Creepy, almost.
It's no surprise that I'm a different person on my blog than I am in real life. If I were completely anonymous here, I could get more creative, use more of the things in my life for some interesting blog posts but I created a precedent when I allowed people who know me to read my blog.
I have to censor myself and that's hard when trying to be creative.
Perhaps I'm just too self conscious. Maybe I should adopt more of an I-don't-give-a-shit-what-you-think attitude.
There are so many bloggers out there who blog as "themselves". How do you do it? Do you just not give a shit?
Posted by De at February 10, 2006 09:16 AM | TrackBackBlogging is so ghey.
Posted by: shank at February 10, 2006 12:28 PMI make up alternate personalities and then "invite" them to join my blog as posters.
Hehe. Just kidding, shank. ;-)
I do a bit of self censoring. I've been toying around with the idea of an anonyblog here on Munuviana where any Munu could log in and post anonymously. Interested?
Posted by: Jim at February 11, 2006 07:44 AMNo one would believe it's really me.
Posted by: Geoffrey at February 11, 2006 02:58 PMJim: Yes :)
Geoffrey: Oh, that's right. Everyone already thinks you're Gordon or vice versa. Whatever, right?
Posted by: De at February 11, 2006 05:33 PMI've never really understood how people could post their thoughts (and their lives) on the internet and then be surprised that they are being read by strangers.
For me, I've never really written under my real name. It's always been a fun exercise in writing, but at the same time - an extension of how I really feel.
My advice. Be yourself. Those that like you will agree with you - or at least respect your opinion. Those that don't like you would have come up with an excuse (to hate you) anyway.
Yeah, it's not the complete strangers that bother me. It's the people who know me!
You're right. I can only be myself.
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