This Cloud’s Inability to Forget…
The difference between the internet and human society has been commented on many times in the past; humanity forgets while the internet does not. Although it’s great to talk about caution in regards to facebook’d photos of your 21st birthday, or that angry rant you decided let out at that poor blogger five years ago but there’s something to be said for honesty. We all have dark moments and some have scars seen instantaneously with a quick google search.
The internet won’t forget your past. Simplify your intentions with the internet and the rest will follow. Being honest, acknowledging the past and moving on does wonders.
Okay, so it may seen weird for me to bring this up, but look at my blog. I said I’d simplify fifty aspects about myself in sixty days. It clearly stops at Day 32. Unlike the rest of the internet I could erase the past on this blog (for future jobs), but that’d be wiping it under the rug.
Your best foot forward
Attitude and personality build from your past but on top of it. Acknowledging past mistakes shows future contacts you are both human and learn from your mistakes. I could bury this blog and restart it with intentions to blow everyone out of the water and cause them to forget my original intent, but that’d be lying. Plus, it’d get terribly complicated when asked what happened to the old blog. Instead I’m going the more simplified route of saying yes I dropped my blog, and I’m bringing it back.
The ancillary benefits
I have read many articles about managing your online identity and they are all very credible and quite informed. For me though, the steps would take too much energy I’d rather put towards my life and learning instead of spending it on systems. By making this decision to acknowledge the past and move on many of the results of those techniques fall into your lap. Your search engine status gets better, your online presence becomes more positive, your confidence becomes public, and your humanity shines.
Blow it out of the water!
Do learn from those mistakes though. Now that I’ve dropped a blog after thirty days, it’ll take double that to prove I’m in it for the long run. I have a feeling people will pay attention and take note.