The only social media sites I’m on and use regularly are this blog and Tumblr. But oddly enough, every time something vaguely interesting happens to me or I come up with a witty statement, I have the intense temptation to publish it online or share it with someone, even if it’s something that nobody other than me would really care about. However, I am successful in avoiding this temptation about 90% of the time. The other 10% results in the blog posts you see here and pictures of cats (and other fluffy animals) on Tumblr.
Somehow, I have found more satisfaction in keeping things to myself than in sharing them, although I’m not completely sure why this is. Perhaps once something is published online, I start to see my words through others’ eyes, and that can result in embarrassment and horror at the thought that even if I delete it, it’s still technically “there.” It could also be because I have avoided flooding everyone’s feed and dashboard with yet another pointless rant. Or maybe it’s because by not saying as much online, I’m being more true to my offline self, who rarely says more than three words in public.
No matter what the reason is, I’m glad that I manage to resist temptation most of the time.
