Increasingly, I'm realizing that the only blogs I'm much interested in reading are pretty personal. They are written by brave souls – some of them my friends, some of them strangers - who are willing to be honest, and vulnerable, and real. (See Steph, Ashley, Matt for a few examples.) They explose themselves without knowing who's reading or how they're responding, most of the time.

I admire this, and yet I am very hesitant to take my blog in that direction. I've been kind of turning this over in my head, and exploring why...

Partly it's because half the time I can't even find words for myself to explain my inner world these days. So the thought of trying to put it into cohesive blog form is daunting.

Partly it's because I'm not sure it's necessary to bare my soul to the interent – not sure that I have anything essential to contribute (though, as I said above, I very much enjoy reading blogs by people who are right out on their learning edge, and sharing about their personal evolution). 

Partly it's a story I have about how the people who read this blog don't want to read that sort of thing. But then, truth be told, I have no idea who actually DOES read this site, or what they want (if anything). I also have this idea that I want this site to be a place where I could fearlessly send potential employers or colleagues without needing to wonder whether it's "unprofessional". 

Partly it's that I feel protective of my privacy, and unwilling to actually share my deepest vulnerabilities, my truest self, online. I don't want to put that out there for judgement, interpretation, or other people's projections.