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Balancing business and personal life?
13 years ago
I've been thinking lately, and have been realizing that this account (originally intended to be my personal FA account), has pretty much transformed almost entirely into a business account. Looking through all of my journal entries, I noticed that of the 60 or so journals posted last year, only 6 or 7 of them were actually about me, and most of those even had some direct relation to my businesses. I feel like I've been feeling like I need to maintain a professional look on this profile, so I haven't really been posting anything other than business. I think I've honestly been afraid to break that professional look by discussing my personal life here on this profile, even though I think I would probably really like to do that. Whenever I type something up that I want to post, I end up just not doing it because it feels...wrong. Even posting this journal is making me nervous.
It's not even just FA that I've noticed this has happened on - basically any social networking site; the only one I post to semi-regularly with my actual thoughts and feelings is twitter, because I have very few followers and it's just a way for me to vent (none of my followers ever reply or interact with my tweets, so it feels pretty safe, lol).
I do love my businesses, and they are my passion, but I've been feeling very lonely lately and I've been wondering if this is because I just don't really put myself out there. I am (perhaps ironically because I think I come off as pretty confident when I am discussing my businesses) a very, very shy person - pretty sure my last therapist thought that I had social anxiety disorder. I hide behind a professional front because it feels safe, but I don't know if I really want to do that anymore.
TL;DR: is it appropriate for a businessperson in this fandom to have their work and personal life intermixed in the same place?
It's not even just FA that I've noticed this has happened on - basically any social networking site; the only one I post to semi-regularly with my actual thoughts and feelings is twitter, because I have very few followers and it's just a way for me to vent (none of my followers ever reply or interact with my tweets, so it feels pretty safe, lol).
I do love my businesses, and they are my passion, but I've been feeling very lonely lately and I've been wondering if this is because I just don't really put myself out there. I am (perhaps ironically because I think I come off as pretty confident when I am discussing my businesses) a very, very shy person - pretty sure my last therapist thought that I had social anxiety disorder. I hide behind a professional front because it feels safe, but I don't know if I really want to do that anymore.
TL;DR: is it appropriate for a businessperson in this fandom to have their work and personal life intermixed in the same place?
I do know what you mean though, I do keep my personal and business accounts separate and I am still careful about what I post on my personal one.
The fandom is more relaxed than a traditional business setting so I don't think there's a whole lot wrong with letting people see you as a person where you conduct your business. It would be different if you say, had a habit of making depressing journals or posted abrasive comments on other's pages but that's not your style from what I see.
If you're really worried, you could make a separate business account.
I have considered making a separate account (and actually did register one a few months ago) but I'm afraid I wouldn't end up using it X3