The more that I work as a journalist and as a writer, the more I feel the need/desire to censor myself?even just for personal space reasons. I?m a public person for the sole fact that I work in journalism, so boundaries between personal and professional have to be in place to some degree?you have to maintain some level of personal and professional integrity.?
The internet was born and came of age after I was born, so the compulsion to share everything and anything about oneself is something I thankfully lack. However, I have struggled at times in deciding what to share of my personal life on this blog and other social media platforms?what do you share that will connect with your readers? What do you share to build some sense of a relationship/friendship with said readers? After all, social media is about and is formed around community, is it not?
Still, I try to keep my personal life out of it?most of the time.
This doesn?t exactly happen when it comes to writing about music. Music is such a visceral experience and the joy in sharing music with others revolves around that innate relationship we all have to music?removing personal experience just isn?t possible. I have the wonderful consequence of listening to some amazing sounds, boomeranging conversations with some prolific songwriters and composers, and at the end of the day teem with an intangible resulting spark.?
?My work in the industry has undoubtedly led to relationships and friendships that I wouldn?t trade for anything?you find your people where you find your people. What I haven?t wasn?t prepared for (who knows why? It?s the music industry, right?) were groupies (theirs, not mine.) Groupies are different than hardcore fans (All groupies are fans, but not all fans are groupies.) and the lack of distinction between what is appropriate to share and what is far too personal to blast to ?public? people IN PUBLIC has me wondering what the hell happened.?
Am I just behind on a trend that I find appalling? Or am I the weirdo that looks at the trend of over-sharing personal information as a voluntary violation of personal privacy? Granted, it?s not just groupies that do it?I guess that everyone wants the fifteen minutes of fame that Warhol guaranteed all those years ago. Or perhaps I?m still wrapped up in Marshall McLuhan?s ?the message is in the medium.??
So where do you draw it? How personal is too personal? How personal is not personal enough?
And what is the kicker in setting those boundaries?
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