PODCAST S:2 EP:6 “Being Publicly Private on Social Media”

Hey everyone! Let's chat about something I've been thinking about a lot lately: how to share our lives on social media without giving away too much. It sounds kind of tricky, right? How do you share but also keep things private?

A friend of mine calls it "openly private," but I like the term "publicly private". It's about finding a middle ground between sharing bits of our lives and keeping some parts just for us.

You might wonder why bother sharing anything at all? Well, for me, it's about connecting with others, sharing bits of my day, and just expressing who I am. But I've realized not everything needs to be shared.

I've got some rules about what I share. For example, you won't see much of my house online, and I keep my family stuff pretty private. And after an interesting DM where someone recognized my car, I'm even more careful. It reminded me that we've got to be careful about how much we let people into our lives.

So, how do we balance sharing and keeping things private? It's all about choice. We get to decide what parts of our lives we put online. For me, it's about sharing the fun, happy moments or the big things happening in my work, but keeping the really personal stuff, like family moments or my exact location, off the internet.

Sharing can be awesome. It can make people feel connected, even if they're far away. But it's important to remember that everything we post invites others into our lives. We have to be okay with what we're putting out there and what it says about us.

To sum it up, being publicly private is about sharing parts of our journey while keeping other parts just for us. It's like letting people see the cover of your book and maybe a few pages, but not the whole story. As we keep sharing our lives online, let's do it on our terms, keeping in mind what we're comfortable with.

Remember, it's totally okay to keep some things just for you.

xo Ani