finding the balance.
this post brought to you from 10,000 feet above the midwest in the middle seat of a delta airplane.
it can be really hard to find the balance with social media. [i've been thinking about this a lot lately, for whatever reason. maybe i don't have enough to do with the new house? (hah. jokes.)] there is either too much involvement with too little thought, which makes you unbearable to follow, and kind of defeats the purpose. or there a complete disregard for it, which is unrealistic for where the world is heading. i go back and forth with how much is right for me, and i'm not sure what the right answer is yet.
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for now, i've landed somewhere in the "only post something when it makes sense and is of a quality worth sharing with others" camp. just like you wouldn't share every sketch in your sketchbook or every word in your journal with all your friends, you probably don't want to share a photo of every single outfit you wear...just the good ones. you probably don't want to tweet every semi-entertaining thought in your head...just the really funny ones. you get where i'm going with this.
i know that everything up there sounds like common sense, and believe me, i wish it were, but it's something a few million people could take a class on in my opinion. because we all know someone who just can't figure this piece out, right? think photos of diaper content and twitter rants that span a 34 tweet arc. give me the shivers just thinking about it. and i'm sure i've gone through phases where i've broken my own rules before too.
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so my goal is to find the right balance for me. i want to share quality content that is fun and that people think is worth reading (or looking at). and that might be a little bit of trial and error. which is super scary to me, because i will be trial and erroring in front of hundreds of people. *gulp* but i guess risk is part of everything worthwhile, that's what they say, right?
thank you for listening to today's session of "deep thoughts on unimportant topics by erin z".
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on a different yet slightly/pretty/actually extremely related note, i've decided that hooley with a 'z' is old enough now for its own facebook page. and so i made one. (sidebar: it was way more difficult than it should have been, but i've been through enough technology fails to know that it was user error.)there are a couple of reasons for this decision.one: most people get to my blog through facebook, when i post my blogs to my own timeline. i feel like facebook is a main place that people go for their overall news/updates, and so i want to give that option to the people i'm not friends with on my personal facebook page.two: i would like to be able to have one spot to communicate with people about posts/ideas/etc.i don't want to force anyone to "like" my page (although i wouldn't hate it if you did :) so please like it if you feel so inclined to show your support), so i will continue to share my posts on my personal facebook timeline for a while. i may remind you now and then that the facebook page exists, but it will be in the same way that i remind you about my instagram, pinterest and twitter.
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