I’m not normally someone who posts privately. I know there are a number of friends out there who read my journal who don’t want to be bothered with getting their own accounts. Plus, I figure, I’m pretty much an open and honest guy (and have been for as long as I can remember – explaining the addiction to BBSes and early Web journaling) and if there’s anything I really need to keep private, well, that’s something else my wife is there for: to be my sounding board. Besides, I’m old enough to realize that everything becomes known at one point in time so why bother falling into the traps of trying to remember what’s supposed to be secret and what isn’t? 🙂
However, I must admit that there are definitely times when a private entry, such as the one I wrote up recently, do help to put things in perspective and thus set my brain at ease. Heck, it’s almost like writing out a plot summary and linking one thought pattern to possible action and reaction (or cause and effect). And in those moments, when you don’t want your thinking process be perceived in the wrong way, it’s just easier to keep it private.
And that is my “ah-ha!” moment of today 🙂