Conflicted

[achileanabroad]

I feel that I've reached a fork in the road here in my posting... that's not an entirely accurate description but I feel conflicted in what my next step should be. My intentions here were to provide a means for my family and friends back home to keep updated on the basic happenings of my life here in Germany and while I try to be accurate in my

Comments

[wabisuke]

I think that 'friends only ' posts might be the way to go. Or you can also make private posts so you can get things off your chest but feel like you're not 'complaining'. :)

[dawlface623]

i know exactly how you feel! i have never cesnored my lj but i linked it to fb because i have like no lj friends any more haha but now i can say anything about any fb people for fear they may read it

[silver_tiamat]

I think you're asking the question wrong.

If this blog is about your friends and family reading it (rather than your future self), then you should present it the way you want them to read it. If you don't want them to think that anything negative happens, only post the best things. If you don't want to seem like you're complaining, then don't complain.

However, if this blog is about chronicling your experience for your later self or even (hell, these things could easily last for decades, in one form or another) your future progeny, then you shouldn't censor a thing. Every annoying thing that happens, every thing that crosses your mind about your experience should be written down when you can. Even if you have to just have an on going saved document that you update, then go on LJ and update once a week with a big post, so that you don't lose the little details of the moments.

Whichever it is, I know I'd appreciate more posts from you. I feel like I have a very incomplete picture of your life there, and that's sad. =(

Me, Too

[ext_778150]

I am being very careful with my blog, too. But for slightly different reasons [long story short: my boyfriend's ex is crazy]. Just remember that everything you put online may be there FOREVER and nothing is ever truly private. That being said, friends only and private posts will help you to remember and look back, without the fear of being too exposed.