Personal (yet public) Post

[sigilgoat]

Over the last year or so, I've been noticing an increased amount of awkwardness or hurt feelings or even drama in regards to me as a person. Despite my openness with topics that most find private, I AM ACTUALLY a very private person. I'm making a (scary) public journal to hopefully stop these awkward situations from happening, or at least prepare

Comments

[korth]

I think you sum things up pretty well! I actually rarely interact with other people outside of conventions.. I get really nervous about others intentions and overwhelmed when they start coming to me with problems. There's nothing wrong with liking to stay a bit more personal in the background. And I think a lot of artists come off differently to the general public to keep up a certain "face" for customers and such. I am not quite as outgoing and aggressive as Korth very much is.. XD

[sigilgoat]

I do like being fairly accessible, especially for my customer's ease of mind, but it does have its downsides. It's a hard balance!

[korth]

I'm always very readily available for my customers of course, I wouldn't want them to worry about anything c:

[cajunfox]

Everything in this post seems more than reasonable, it's almost unfortunate that some people out there are so socially awkward that you actually need to make a post explaining to them some very normal personal boundaries. I've made a post or two outlining very similar things (except for parts that involve artistic talent) before going to cons otherwise people just assume that I WANT a hug and want to be immediate friends because we spoke online once. :P

[sigilgoat]

I can say for the most part that my social interactions have been favorable since becoming a mostly-online-businesswoman, but I still feel sad whenever things go sour and wonder if I could have done something differently...

[ff00ff]

Someone really should come up with a simple guide to dealing with internet popularity of the furry artist variety. I see posts like this so often.

[sigilgoat]

I'm hoping that if ENOUGH PEOPLE keep posting this stuff it will magically become common knowledge 8D

8D.............

[chronidu]

I'm always up to getting to know you better and vice versus :O No clue if you'd consider us being friends or acquaintances or what not, but I really do enjoy talking to you. I want to say though I seriously enjoy that I can just be upfront and myself with you, and that we can completely disagree on things and still be fine with each other. Like I love that not once have I felt like I was treading on any sort of eggshells around you. I could just speak what I really feel or believe and not have to worry about it being taken as something personal or worrying about it ending in some sort of stupid drama

[sigilgoat]

I really enjoy talking with you too! I really appreciate the insight you've got on stuff, and even when we've had differences of opinion, it's been maturely handled and it doesn't ever get hostile <3

You're great <3 mwamwamwamwamwamwa I'm seriously so grateful that we're friends <3

[chronidu]

Ffff I am too like you don't even know ;u; <3

enjoyed reading this

[ext_1646190]

hey ^w^ i enjoyed reading this, i love seeing people open up more and just kind of put themselves out there, id love to chat about life and stuff with you (not trying to put you on edge or anything) i just love meeting new people and you seem interesting haha. im the same online, i talk to people all the time and put on a face but thats not me and people dont get that :P