One of the things I have struggled over the years with is showing my blog to people who are not in my creative life. I used to cringe and shrivel up inside when I had to show someone my blog. It was like a form of torture.
Looking back I was more bothered about people’s reactions to my blog and the amount of time I spent writing my posts. So I’d play my blogging down, avoid talking about it and wish the ground would open up when someone asked to see what I blogged about.
I think people’s initial reactions to me being a blogger back in 2014 fuelled my blogging shame. After a lot of awkward looks, someone asking me whether a blog was an online site where I just posted photos of myself and several concerned glances from older relatives I decided to hide the fact I had a blog.
Blogging shame can take many forms.
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