For a long time, I’ve kept my “professional” and “personal” social media and blogging separate and for the first time this week, I’ve realised how that is actually impacting me, essentially fragmenting myself.

This was after a long month or two of playing around with different blogging platforms, different formats, different themes; in an endless loop of not feeling that any of it was the right fit. Which caused me to pause and really reflect on what it is I’m trying to build. It was then that I had my realisation.

While keeping things separate may work best for some people, but ultimately I lead with my heart in both places and what I write in both places is, ultimately, still me. Still my own voice.

This also brought some clarity to the sense of relief I felt when I created my own Mastodon instance recently. (That reminds me, update social links here and I may post about my experience in a future post.) In creating my own space, I finally let go of the feelings of constraint and of trying to meet the vibes of a particular server, and could just be myself.

So while I love the sound of Electric Brain Dump, and yes I even bought a domain because <3, this is my blogging home.

So expect more personal stories, more crafting, more tech posts, and hopefully more of me sharing bits of my random thoughts and experiences.

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