blogging

I have been thinking about this amazing online phenomenon. Through Facebook, twitter, and blogs we get to paint a picture of ourselves. The amazing thing about that is how much control we have. We can paint the picture however we like. We can say whatever we want about ourselves for the recipients to believe. Face to face interaction is a lot more risky because we can't hide so easily. The outside world will more readily see when our talk and our reality don't match up. Online, what I say is real cannot be so easily refuted, and so I can portray myself to be whoever I want.

So here I am blogging. I truly use this as a way to process my thoughts, emotions, and happenings of a day. But now the question runs through my mind, "Am I being genuine in how I portray myself?" I have been quite honest in many of my blogs... but there is admittedly some concealment. Concealment isn't necessarily bad, somethings are too personal or could be harmful to share on the world wide web. But am I being true to myself in the portrayal I'm giving off?

I don't know the answer, but am mulling over the question.