I posted to baty.photo, the Ghost blog I’d intended to use for focusing on my hobby. It’s been months. Every time I think I want to have a dedicated blog for photography, I start a new one, then abandon it. Maybe I just wanted to tinker. Maybe I wanted a CMS to do things for me for a change. I don’t know.
Most things I post online are me thinking out loud and are rightfully taken both with salt and with the knowledge that I’m usually just exploring how I feel about things or what I’ve noticed. Sometimes, I get pushback from people. That’s fine. It doesn’t make me wrong, though. Unless it does, and in that case I’ll change.
I’m reminded, though, why I try to post only (or mostly) positive things online. Even the positive things can be taken in ways I never intended, and sometimes are. But I’m certain that if I were to use this space to vent about how shitty the world is right now (and it is very shitty), I’d be scolded for doing it wrong. I don’t have the headspace for that. I’m not here to argue. Everyone else has that covered.
I’ve donated, I don’t even know how much, but real money, to causes that I believe are doing good in the world. I don’t talk about it, and I don’t list them. It’s my business. And again, I don’t need to be told why I’ve chosen badly.
I get to choose what works for me here and what I write about. This is my space. I don’t need approval. Neither do you. Isn’t that awesome?!
I think I’ll go shovel some snow.
Snow shoveled. Now what? Whine more about my hurt feelings when people criticize or poke fun at me? Nah, I’m playing with self-hosted music servers and streaming clients on Linux. Much more fun!