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[The December Days theme this year is "Things I Used To Fully Believe About Myself." Some of these things might be familiar, some of them might be things you still believe about yourself, and some of them may be painful and traumatic for you based on your own beliefs and memories. The nice thing about text is that you can step away from it at any point and I won't know.]
#10: "I'm shy."
Ya sure about that, person posting about their insecurities and their successes online where people can read them? Person with social media accounts that are regularly posted to? Person who seems perfectly at ease looking silly in front of small children, or who willingly throws themselves on the sword of being in public-facing videos, or who is repeatedly chosen to have their picture in marketing materials (those I don't volunteer for, usually)? Who goes to conventions and does presentations, professionally or otherwise? You're going to tell me that you're shy?
( Well, kind of? )
I guess what I'm really saying is that it would be nice if people gave decent debug logs, even if some of them would be redacted some to protect privacy. I don't fully believe it's "shyness" that's causing recalcitrance anymore, as much as it is rejection sensitivity and being cautious about whether what I'm doing or saying is broadly acceptable in the context I'm in and is specifically acceptable to the person who will be on the receiving end of it.
#10: "I'm shy."
Ya sure about that, person posting about their insecurities and their successes online where people can read them? Person with social media accounts that are regularly posted to? Person who seems perfectly at ease looking silly in front of small children, or who willingly throws themselves on the sword of being in public-facing videos, or who is repeatedly chosen to have their picture in marketing materials (those I don't volunteer for, usually)? Who goes to conventions and does presentations, professionally or otherwise? You're going to tell me that you're shy?
( Well, kind of? )
I guess what I'm really saying is that it would be nice if people gave decent debug logs, even if some of them would be redacted some to protect privacy. I don't fully believe it's "shyness" that's causing recalcitrance anymore, as much as it is rejection sensitivity and being cautious about whether what I'm doing or saying is broadly acceptable in the context I'm in and is specifically acceptable to the person who will be on the receiving end of it.
