The wind ... of change? lol

I just updated my sticky post to reflect certain changes in my updating habits. I've become more cautious about security again, but in a different way than before. Where I used to worry that someone would connect one of my online accounts to another, or that a person who knows me might stumble upon a picture and recognise me, I'm now more concerned about deliberate attempts to find me by people who know that Lin is a nickname of mine. My entire view of what's important enough to be made public has changed, too, and I care less about catching the attention of potential new internet friends because I'm less lonely. It's only one quarter paranoia and three quarters growing up, really. Shifting priorities.

Besides, I wouldn't even mind if someone found me - I just wouldn't want them to be able to see this much personal information at once. That's also why I've protected my tweets: I'm not afraid of being found and will even consider giving people access to them should it happen, but until it does, I want to be able to speak freely without having to think first.

Then there's the fact that going back to school is starting to look like an actual possibility all of a sudden, which means I might soon be one step closer to eventually seeking employment etc., and I'd rather put less of myself out there to begin with then waste a lot of brain power controlling what goes where.

I've stopped cross-posting to LiveJournal as well and am currently in the process of locking most of my posts over there, but that's more about wanting to distance myself from the site. Dreamwidth is simply that much better. :P

Once I am done, which ... is not going to be very soon ... I'll probably start locking some posts here on DW, too. Perhaps the next time I pick up the neverending task of organising my tags.

I swear this is more of a good thing than it sounds like. o.O