What happened with my blogging reflects a lot about my personality-psychopathology.I kept thinking of all the semi-interesting things that were happening to me in graduate school. In this case, the word "interesting" does not have a positive or negative connotation, but more of a "gee, I'm sure a lot of graduate students can identify with my experience". However, I grew increasingly paranoid that if I shared what I WANTED to share then it would be incredibly easy for someone who knew me to identify me.
I have contemplated multiple things such as going public with my identity but keeping things PG. You know, talk about how much I love my research and how I want to grow up to be like my adviser. Clearly this was not very appealing.
I have been thinking of deleting my blog and starting from scratch with a new identity. This is particularly appealing because I feel slightly uncomfortable that my significant other gets to read my posts (sorry sweetie). Not that I will reveal anything too personal - but I crave anonymity.
But what really happened is that graduate school is NO LONGER "fun" for me to blog about. I have been consumed with thoughts about the Democratic primary. However, I know that a pro-Hillary rant would upset a lot of my readers. I also enjoy other things like fashion, crappy books about vampires and tons of TV shows. Thus, if I blogged about things I enjoyed, then my blog would lose focus.
So, I've decided to jump on the narcissistic band-wagon and make this blog about ME and things I enjoy. If readers don't like it, it's a shame...but if you try to please everyone, you will end up pleasing no one. AND, if someone I know figures out who I am...I'll deny it or take it from there.
2 comments:
I think that is the perfect solution. Although I write about the life of a post doc, it's MY LIFE so it's things that interests, bother, or have happened to me.
Unless I specified a theme to my blog I wouldn't like to feel as though I couldn't share whatever was on my mind.
Although my SO doesn't read my blog, nobody IRL knows I blog at all and I like it that way.
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