Save Something for Yourself

A few years back, I watched an MTV "Cribs" episode with Mariah Carey's home featured. I remember this episode vividly - because there was something that just stuck in my mind about it. On most episodes of the show, celebrities showed each room of their homes and even opened the door of their refrigerator so the viewers could see what the celebrities ate. On this particular episode, Mariah Carey refused to let the cameras into her bedroom. I just couldn't understand this. I thought it was terribly selfish. Hindsight - as they say is 20/20.

As the variety of communication vehicles evolve and multiply over the Internet, there are so many avenues to blog, tweet, Facebook, Linkedin, MySpace, Bebo, etc. about your daily life. For most people, there are at least 2-4 online communication vehicles that are updated on a regular basis. My point is this - if all of us are so busy tweeting, and Facebooking and everything else, what is left for us to keep private in our personal lives? What is unique and special to us to hold near and private in our lives? Like Ms. Carey - I am a firm believer that some intimate details and private information should be kept - well, private. Something should be special enough to hold dear and quiet in our personal lives. I understand why she didn't open the door to her bedroom to let the world peer in from their homes.

When I first opened an account with Facebook, I felt an overwhelming urge to update my status daily with some interesting quip about my life. Then, as a professional in the field of communication, I followed that action by starting a Twitter account. I decided to use one for personal use and one for professional use. I began to notice that I would broadcast things on the Internet and I hadn't even communicated to my closest friends and family that didn't have Facebook or Twitter accounts. I realized that someone I haven't seen or heard from for 10 years could see me on the street and immediately know what I was up to just from reading my latest posts. At the time, I had nothing to myself.

I decided to edit. I decided to share the more trivial things about my life on the Internet and keep some things that are more private and intimate to myself. I wanted to savior the happenings of my own life in my own time and in my own space. What about you? Are you able to edit and save some things about your life just for yourself while you keep up with the latest communication vehicles? You should. I highly recommend it. Save something for yourself.