Censorship

I have been thinking about this blog lately and why I seem to be posting less often than I used to do. Granted some of it is because I am not working in front of a computer all day anymore but I think that is only part of the reason. I think that I am censoring myself.

I am very much aware of people who read my blog on a regular basis. My sister, my nephew and friends comment on what I write about and that has made me painfully aware of my audience. Aware to the point that I will think of things to write about and then decide that I might offend someone if I actually posted it.

I used to not care. Yes, I did care, and still do, about posting something that will come back to bite me in the ass someday. Saying something offensive about someone or something so that, in the future, someone will hold it against me and impact my life in a negative manner. But that was only minor censorship. Now I am censoring myself to the point where I am rejecting ideas that someone may or may not be offended about and, thus, I don’t post as often as I used to do.

I’m not sure where I am going with this other than posting it as an observation. Whether or not I stop censoring myself remains to be seen. Suffice to say, I will be thinking about it.

On that particular note, I need to head to bed….