After considering the question of "secret blogs" and the phenomena of bloggers keeping a private/anonymous blog on the side (ie: one "public" and one "private", as opposed to one or the other), I started thinking about what my (hypothetical) anonymous secret blog would contain. What secrets do I not want to share with you, and why? What topics do I stay away from on RightMoon that I would have an interest in exploring if I were anonyous? Is there something I'm missing by letting you know who I am? Is there something missing in the honesty here because so many of you know me, and I naturally do not want to offend?
I'll admit that there are topics I genuinely don't have an interest in discussing here (read: politics) for various reasons (but not because of shame or fear). Also, I try to stick to my personal truths and not speak for anyone else. I'm much more catty in real life, and I try not to get (too) gossippy here. I don't want this space to be all about rainbows and unicorns, because life is not all about sunny days, but at the same time I don't need a repository for Total Negativity; I can generally get out the frustrations and judgements without dwelling on them or committing them to permanent record.
What I really realized in pondering this issue is that I don't have any secrets. I'm a private person, so I may hold some things closer to the chest than others, but I can't think of a single thing I wouldn't share under the right circumstances. This makes me a little boring, sure, but it keeps me closer to my "no regrets" personal philosophy.
Do you have secrets? Can you/will you talk to the people about your truths?
Posted by rightmoon at December 7, 2005 12:14 PM