Archive: January 2010

My Voice

January 25 10

So, I’ve been reading some of the online noise again as my sabbatical is over.  I’ve always found it interesting how people try to play parts online.  I guess I’ve never been able to buy in to the whole always wanting to be seen and read.  I figure there has always been a place for that, and if I have designated a space online as “mine” I shouldn’t have to worry about “You” or “Them” (though big brother is always a concern, ha ha).  It just seems like so much extra work to make something a performance that doesn’t have to be.  There is a time and place for that.  However, if something is mine, it is going to be me.  Period.  Well, not quite period.  I guess it will be me and things I am interested in or am involved with.  I just can’t be bothered to be on for an audience all the time.  I am too comfortable with my voice for that.  Plus, I don’t really have anything to prove at this point.

/end stream of consciousness

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My Social Media Sabbatical

January 18 10

I did my annual break from the internet.  This year it was different though.  It was more of a sabbatical for social media during which time I remember what life was like without 24/7 access to random people who I don’t really know but are constantly in my realm of awareness because I’ve let them in to my brain space.  I don’t even remember the day I decided to walk away from it all, close down accounts, forget password, leave it outside of my life.  It was a wonderful experiment though.  I found that not having the constant stream of noise allowed me to refocus and reground.  My life looks completely different know.  I think I actually relearned how to speak to people face to face, and as a result I’ve made more people I would consider “Friends” rather than “acquaintances” that I probably have in the entire time we’ve been in North Carolina.  Because of this, I shall consider the sabbatical experience a success.  As a result, I will be changing the way I use social media.

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