somewhat personal
December 14, 2023
🍋 Making lemonade series: the digital darkness
In October 2023, all my sites went kaput. Down. Done. Disappeared in thin air. They were mostly little html pages —that’s how I like it— holding one thing at a time. A hosting issue triggered the end. For some time, I felt certain anxiety. This was not something I could fix right at that point. It would have to wait, and all my digital beings would go. I’ve had an online presence since 2005, when I opened my first blog, Cut&Paste Crew. We were four friends behind the blog. Since then, there has always been something. Until now. Only this little blog remains.
I didn‘t know how it would feel not to have a digital reflection. A place where I am. A place where others see me.
At the end of October, it all went dark. And I felt relieved. I didn’t have to think about it anymore. It was liberating.
[This darkness doesn’t include social media. From that, we might never be free.]
This entry is part of the series Making lemonade, where I find the good things about 2023.
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