I thought I should fire this one out as a quick follow-up just so it’s very clear where honesty starts and stops:

If it’s funnier to embellish a conversation, I will.

I don’t want to hurt other people. Identities are kept private. I mean, I’m also pretending that I am completely anonymous. Sometimes these little lies help to tell a better truth. And keep me out of legal trouble.

I don’t owe anyone my mental health. I’m not really sure exactly what that means, other than I have boundaries. Some may argue I am not boundaried enough. I guess what I mean is that I will strive to maintain a healthy level of honesty. As in, healthy for me.

I’d like to think I err on the side of overly honest. This isn’t necessarily an enjoyable virtue. It doesn’t feel very virtuous. But it is what it is.

And voila: source of my avoidance. I just don’t see the point in being anything less than honest in a blog, and that is >shudder< I mean,
🥺*vulnerable face*🥺

>whispers< Social media.

Which is why I guess I needed some sort of YOLO moment to get going.

So yeah, mostly honest. But slightly fictionalised.

Oh, and speaking of social media: