What is too personal?
The question was raised recently by a friend on Twitter, " Don't you think some are too personal to post online?". removing the obvious like social security number, financial info and such, my first reaction was, "Nope," but then I took a moment. Let me say that in my mind I consider myself a writer. Not saying I am necessarily a "good" writer, but I feel I am a writer, and for myself to be true to that I try to always be honest, and vulnerable, when I write anything. Nothing should be sacred, in my opinion, If you want to be good you have to be honest, and you should, I think, be willing to go out on a limb and reveal things about yourself you're not certain you're comfortable revealing. That being said there is shit that I have done, that I will never, put out there, to the general public. Things I have done, that I am not proud of, and would not want to be judged by. Yes, honesty is important, and in a perfect world we would never do anything we wouldn't be willing to own, but that ain't the facts kiddies!! Mistakes are one thing, but there are also things that we as individuals are morally comfortable with that don't mesh with society's mores (sp?). At least that's the case with me! I have a theory that every experience in life good or bad is just color for your life story ultimately, at this moment my memoirs would be a damn rainbow, so for now I'll reveal about three colors the rest can come out posthumously!
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