I’ve always struggled with what my digital output should be and look like. How personal should a personal homepage be? I have two sites currently and I keep experimenting with newsletter ideas, but am I spreading myself too thin? Am I being too personal?

Most of the content I have at both seanmcdevitt.com and seanmcdevitt.net is normal. I write and share about the things I find interesting. I talk about stuff that I’ve been thinking about and react to what others have written. Sometimes I add a video or a photo. Pretty normal.

These sites are personal. It’s my writing and my commentary. Obviously, I like to link share quotes from articles, but aside from that everything else is my words. I had a vision for the look of both sites, created it (with help from an outside designer), and it’s a representation of me.

It is also the representation I choose to share. I have carefully set up what the outside world gets to see. This site is a curated slice of me, myself, and I, but it isn’t the whole picture. And that’s okay. I’m not really on any social media platforms anymore, but everyone shows their best side and never the struggles. Who cares?

My feeling in this day and age, my hyper-curation is important to keep a healthy distance from being too personal. However, I know when sharing something personal it resonates more.

Where is the balance?