Do you know me?

Are you concerned about your job safety when you publish your blog posts? I am not necessarily concerned but I have often wondered what the effect would be if a co-worker ran across my little ramblings about life and work. Most days I think I am mostly civilized but then there are those days when I really go on about the stupidest of things. While truthfully I do not believe I post anything that I wouldn’t or haven’t said out loud. That could be left up to the individual opinion though. With age has come this wonderful free feeling of, I really just don’t give a damn. I was once concerned about others impressions of me, but thankfully I have outgrown this crushing confining self depreciating trait. I no longer go to work to make friends, or care if others think I am stupid, ugly, fat, or unlikable. Yes, there is a small hint of it left. I certainly do not want to be thought of as something I am not. But I have learned I cannot control if others think I am something I am not. I have fought the thought all my life that I am stuck up. Others always seem to view me as a snob. Maybe it is that I am quiet at times, and do not make great attempts to suck up to others or stroke their egos. I have enough friends that love and know me to know I’m not. I don’t have to prove it.

Sharing my thoughts here prove to be more helpful to me then anyone else. This is my always constant sounding board. I do not set out to release private information or shed negative light on my employer. But is blogging about patient and work situations a violation of privacy? If it is done correctly I do not think so, but if others came across it that knew me and the situation would I really have been vague enough? I hope so. I cannot say 100% though. There is defiantly a fine line between sharing patient situations and privacy. I do not believe I have ever read any healthcare professionals blog and thought that they crossed the line. Most of us are just that, professionals.

Just as an added security thought here is an interesting link: How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)