My gosh, having to write this really feels like a throwback to my LJ days. 😭

It's funny because I remember when I first had a Tumblr account I had no idea what to do with it. The whole reblog/like function felt... alien. And where were the comments? The friends pages?! Locking entries so only a few people could read them?!?

Close to 10 years later and I've forgotten how I used to blog. I actually made a Dreamwidth account years back (signora_paola - it was with another name but I had it renamed recently when I created dirtyasscreedsecrets). That account was for my more private entries because I couldn't bear to post really personal stuff on my Tumblr page.

You know, now that I think about it, the more time I spent on Tumblr, the less... personal I became. I stopped sharing what was happening with my life. Sure, I'd post about personal stuff every now and then, but back when I was in LJ? I'd post Every. Single. Day. I'd post my thoughts and opinions freely, viewable by people whom I trusted.

I guess that was the consequence of having a very public account and being unable to control who could view my Tumblr entries. I stopped being personal. And now that I'm writing this on a rather familiar ground, it takes me back to those days that I wasn't afraid to censor myself.