I just came from seeing my parents and my Uncle and Cousin who were visiting for the weekend. I showed them my blog and we started discussing Social Media and why I would want to “tell the whole world all my business”. My father doesn’t understand why I want to “wear my heart on my sleeve”. “What am I getting out of this?” he asked. I tried to explain it to them, but they just did not get it.
I wasn’t even trying, but in the 8 months that I have been on Twitter, I have built a personal brand. I am known for the horrible year I’ve had, my #stinkytweets, my love for Dave Matthews and my humor among other things. Basically, I am known for being me. And me, I’m a pretty open person, always have been. Why close to 10,000 people care about what I had for breakfast, or how I am doing after my oral surgery, I don’t know. But they do. And I love them for it. I care about them too.
People ask me, are you worried about identity theft? You put a lot of personal information up on the internet. To be honest, no. I really don’t have anything to lose. I’m flat broke. No one would even be able to get a credit card in my name! Good luck to them! If I wasn’t so open about my life, Save Becky would never have been. I would have kept my troubles in and this probably would have slowly killed me. I have gotten so much from the friendships I have made online. I would never change a thing. My online presence is what “Saved Becky”. It made me into who I am today. Am I being transparent? Maybe so. Should I be? Absolutely.
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