JR :: SarahApr 18, 2012 02:23 AM CAN YOU FUCKING BLOG MORE OFTEN?!?!
Far be it for me to piss off my one and only reader so here goes- ask and ye shall receive!!!
(Gotcha all excited didn’t I? Well don’t be because the topic of this post is why I haven’t blogged much and ethics. I’m fun, ya?)
See as of late I’ve gotten a little gun shy about writing here. It all happened when I decided to do like the cool kids do and become social media savvy.
This is a horrible idea.
I’ve never been a cool kid (high school band camp and math club three years running, thankyouverymuch) or savvy at anything let alone social media.
But I forgot this and forged ahead, linking my blog and twitter account. While congratulating myself on how genius and legit I now looked I walked past the desk of an upper level staff member and saw him cruising twitter.
Light bulbs flashed, an impressive mental head slap was landed and it dawned on me that simply googling my name would take you to my twitter which would take you to my blog which spends a fair amount of time discussing work. Ergo, bad idea; and yes, I too am amazed at how long it took for me to connect the dots- I blame my attempt at removing coffee from my life.
So the link went down, but the idea of getting caught out writing about work stuck. It wormed its way into my mind, hooked up with my recollection of the company policy on blog writing, and created a baby of writer’s block and doubt.
As I do with most things in my life, when I started this blog I told my mom. She tsk’d and warned me about things like overexposure to personal information and talking about work in an inappropriate manner. I, as I do with most things in my life, rolled my eyes and assumed I knew better. “Times were different! Everyone my generation overshares online! It’s how we connect.” Besides I was smart enough to not become that person who writes something that upsets their boss or publishes private company information.
But realizing the other day how easy it would be for someone at work to innocently stumble across my writing I began to think more about what I should and do write here. My intent isn’t to discuss this company in the specific, but rather working in general as an early twenty-something at an entry level job. I hope for my blog to be a place where I share the ridiculous day to day (or umm as my posting schedule as of late has been, month to month) of working. That and a place to post cute clothing I want- can’t forget about that.
I don’t want to stop writing about work as it takes up most of my week, is something I think often about, and let’s face it, there’s no more space for a lifestyle blogger as the market is cornered. So I’ll keep writing, but I’m hoping for a change as to the content and blogging schedule.
Now corgi puppies to lighten everything up:
Hiiii.... wow, do I get results! Shooot.
ReplyDeleteI so get this; I've had to remove stupid stuff that I put up on my blog, stuff that didn't belong there and was too easily identifiable. I try and keep anything about Amos' work strictly on lock down, and I constantly read my blog with a critical eye that those that might one day hire me may read it. Luckily, I think it's okay. I totally google myself all.the.time to see what comes up, and my blog isn't even there... though my pintrest account is... which connects to my blog... and my twitter...
what a tangled web we weave!
i know it seems like there is a bajilion lifestyle blogs out there, but YOUR life is interesting, YOUR comments are interesting, and no one has a market on that but YOU. write what's true to you in your day to day (or month to month world). Yup, that might be a bit about being entry level employee, but it also has to do with half marathons and drinking wine and farmers markets and trips to NM, etc. etc. etc. and there's always drastic plastic surgery and a quick name change if your past begins to haunt you too bad.