for privacy or for embarrassment?
Our lives are a lot less protected now given how much we choose to share (whether intentional or not), and I have found myself wondering whether I am wanting to take back my privacy because I care about privacy, or because I'm embarrassed about what I'm sharing.
I don't mean that I'm sharing anything 'deep' or too personal, but rather that I don't want my writing to colour how people treat me in the 'real' world should they see this.
I suppose in an ideal world, I'd want the freedom to create (and make money) without having my name attached and while this is certainly possible, I have no idea where to start without the feeling of overwhelm.
I no longer have my email or social media handles on this blog and I have slowly started removing myself from social media, but then I start to think about the indie web and the community that can clearly bring and start to wonder whether I could create a pseudonym and start posting under that...
I guess when it comes down to it, everything is about masks and performance isn't it?
Whether we're wearing a mask to share our lives via social media or blogs, or whether we using a mask to hide our own lives and pretend to be someone else. It's all about which mask is suited for the performance we're putting on.
Now to find the right fitting mask...