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, and 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 personal and professional content separate may work best for some people, I find that I lead with my heart in both places and what I write in both spaces is, ultimately, still me. Still my own voice. That is when I realised I’ve been trying to solve an emotional issue with technical solutions. The inability to make decisions, and my endless attempts and teardowns, were really me feeling that I had to fragment myself to fit in each space, when really what I wanted is a place where I can be myself and where those who want to see all the different aspects of me, can do so. Where I don’t need to filter out parts of myself in order to fit a specific topic or theme.😮‍💨

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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