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You know the image of the harried writer, on the edge of complete madness? S/he RIPS the page out of the typewriter, and with every ounce of anger and frustration, crunches it up into an odd-shaped ball and tosses it at the waste basket hoping the next fresh white page will be "the one"
I'm not quite there, not to worry, but I have lost track of how many times I have begun this post -
I have written often about what this blog means to me and what it has brought to my own sobriety. But more significantly, that God would actually use me as a glimmer of hope for a few women trying to find their own way.
So, here's the deal, in one of my classes this morning I listened to a THREE hour lecture - that right there is noteworthy - he usually breaks us into groups, but today he stood there and talked and talked and talked. I caught myself wondering if I had dated the jars we canned last night with the sharpie and if I drew the little jalapeno noting that these jars were of the "dangerous" kind.
But, this professor began discussing social networking, the pitfalls, the dangers, the realities and how this all applies to the population we'll be serving. So, now I'm taking a mental inventory of my social media venues. FB - I may tweak my settings a bit, but my blog? No way!!
And the class, well the non-traditional students (that's just a nice way of saying "the old ladies and men"), began sharing their own stories of how social media had sabotaged someones career. Still, I'm thinking, NO WAY WILL I SHUT MY BLOG DOWN... I'm not gonna lie, the stories were heart wrenching, unfair, unkind, and MEAN!
So, I begin the drive home; didn't even realize I had not inserted my Bruce CD until I got home. It was a "thinking" drive. I had begun imagining the stories I heard, placed myself as the counselor, and my blog as the target.
Owch!
Moreover, there are a couple of
Back to journaling....
I still may cancel FB - I worry about my lack of internet sophistication, to where I may think I am set up secure, when in reality, I'm not.
"Change only happens when the pain of holding on is greater than the fear of letting go."
Dawn
4 Comments:
Tonight at my meeting, they mentioned a seminar coming up about AA using social networks but still maintaining anonymity. Funny you brought this up. I try to set all my settings to what I think is safe, but like you said, I'm not too sure about the strength of my internet knowledge.
I HAVE BEEN thinking about my facebook use too. may stop using it. that feels hard which in itself is a sign,. by bruce do you mean Cockburn?
I would be sad if you stopped sharing here. I know what you mean about the Facebook thing. I needed to obtain a published paper for work the other day and this site was willing to give it to me for free if I shared my FB profile, including all of my friends...OR I could pay $5. Since it was for work and my boss told me to pay for it, I did...but it was a new decision to be faced with...
Back to the sharing on your blog thing...please don't let the trolls stop you from being honest here on your very own blog. I enjoy your writing.
I hit a point where I considered deleting my blog, more than once. I know that there are many hackers who can penetrate my privacy settings. I'm quite open about it all irl, and yes it can be used against me. I hold back on my blog because of this to a degree, but my message is clear and loud. That's important.
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