Tagging in Half-baked musings

The other week I re-edited a journal I wasn't happy with. I removed most of it (for the sake of the privacy of those involved) and suggested to myself, that I start #tagging future posts so I can record the motivation at the time of writing.

I still think it's a good idea. It allows me to look back the next day, week, year or whatever and see the mindset it was written with, so I can then make sensible choices about whether it should be edited, or perhaps removed.

I habitually refine previously saved content. I curate my outputs. I even curate old 'liked' content. Constantly changing them so they remain representative of my current self, rather than allowing old beliefs and motivations to speak for me.

It's because I feel like every thing I ever do or say represents my entire identity and that includes my foot prints. If I come to understand something better or have worked through my thoughts and no longer need to see the meandering path it took me to get there, or if I grow enough to no longer need a particular coping mechanism, then I feel an urge to take down content or liked material that reflected my old way of thinking.

But underneath the steady shift of growth there is a solid core, content that almost never changes, as my old self grasped onto the essence of something that ties into my foundations.

So some journals will be short lived bursts, representing a moment in time, and others will be the pages that form a history book.

And tagging my posts feels like a logical way to understand the difference.

I'm still unsure about the naming systems, so they may change over time (too). 

I know I need a tag that says "this was written when I was really stressed out by life and needed to express the struggle, in order to help me cope". There have been a few of those posts recently. They will probably be short-lived entries, that are deleted or made private when I am calmer. Maybe something like #justgettingby

I know I need a tag that says "I'm exploring this idea and wanted to share what I've learnt". Maybe something as simple as #exploring

And probably some others types that haven't come to mind yet.

Anyway, I had an epic weekend followed by a brotherly crisis. The break gave me a chance to reboot and I feel a lot more ready to speak my mind.

#exploring