Deciding to blog

A blog?? My personal information on the internet?? Uh… I’m not so sure about that.

I’ve always been a rather private person. After a childhood of general “shyness,” I grew up to be a guarded and private adult. Even in the most public of settings and social situations, I’ve always been more prone to sit back, observe, and listen those around me than I am to interrupt a conversation and say “ohhh, pay attention to me! Check out my story!” That’s just the approach I prefer. After all, I find other people to be much more interesting than I am – I KNOW my own story, tell me something new!

I know a few people whose lives are an open book – who freely share intimate details with even casual acquaintances. I am NOT that type of person. So, the decision to take my story to the web was not an easy one to make. I’ve been on social networking websites since they first hit the scene years ago, and for the longest time, I used an alias and never even posted a photo of myself. For years, my avatar or profile picture has been of a cartoon: Brian the dog from Family Guy. So, it’s quite a leap of faith for me to choose to reveal my personal thoughts and stories in a public space. But I’m glad I reached this decision. In the weeks and months ahead, the blog will be my best opportunity to actually “be myself” and spend time with my people. So, here we go…