So there's been a lot I've been thinking about, which is why I haven't posted things more effortful than Twitter stuff and a picture every once in a while on Instagram. It's a lame excuse, but these thoughts have been preoccupying my mind so much that it's when I have 5 hours before I need to get up to go to work that I feel motivated to do things. Quite counterproductive when you're a human who needs to sleep. Then the cycle of lethargy and sleep-deprivation begin and worsen with drunken weekends and/or bingeing on TV and karaoke til the dark hour. Anyways....
So I've been thinking about what it means to be a teacher and to want to be active online socially. As I'm in Japan right now, a lot of what I post online is in English and on social media that my coworkers barely know about. Some barely know how to use Microsoft PowerPoint, and some are just learning about Google Chrome if even that. My students are in middle school and are very unlikely to find my accounts. Aaaand, I have a very tiny tiny following if any at all. I feel like most people might like a thing I post, subscribe, and then forget to ever check up on me again. My fault though. I don't update consistently. And that's fine. I'm still figuring things out. So, what I post online isn't that significant to my professional career, and I'm generally pretty PG or PG-13 (at least, I think so). I need to actually check my history on all accounts and see if there is anything incriminating (nervous laugh), but I think on the whole if anything is even remotely embarrassing, I think it will be an older post and just proof of my growth since then (I hope, anyway).
I bring this all up because I want to share more of my life online.
