Two Minds

You'd think as a blonde that I only have a half-mind, but in reality I have two. Or at least I'm IN two minds. Which I guess could mean I'm simply lost in thought...

What am I in two minds about? Facebook. Twitter. Blogs. "Social Networking" in all its forms. Those things where your life gets dumped online for everyone to see. I'm not sure I want that amount of exposure.

Which is rich coming from someone who already has way too many blogs, hey!

The thing is I've realized I do value my privacy. That there are details about me I don't want out there for the world to see, Googleable, permanently drifting around cyberspace. That my life offline does not need to end up online all the time (and recently in many ways it hasn't, hence the quieter-than-normal blogging).

That thought had me nearly close down this (and the other 6) blogs this morning too. Nearly - but not quite. Hell, I've gotta have somewhere to say stuff! To show off my photos, to share snippets and random thoughts. And at least one place to rant, anon. I don't think anyone would appreciate being the sole recipient of all that, day and night!

So the blog stays. As does my Flickr account. Other less-known bits may go.

And at the same time I may find myself not dumping as much online as I have in the past. Paring down my cyberpresence to minimal. Not spilling quite as many beans as I have in the past. I don't know yet - I'll see. This may be a "phase".

What I do know is that my time is needed elsewhere in Real Life, that my focus has shifted more than a little lately, and that it's a good thing.

Meantime the Facebook profile I created this morning (minimally) has been deactivated (sorry Marc! :-) ).