Why I Deleted Over 1400 Posts From Medium

Sometimes, a digital refresh is necessary

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A lot of us have been sharing our lives in various ways online for a couple of decades now. Maybe for you, it’s been through day-to-day social media sharing and engagement. Maybe it’s mostly through email. Or text. Or whatever have you.

For me, I’ve taken to the blogosphere (is this even a word anymore?) on Medium here as my arena of life sharing. The life of a personal blogger is an interesting one. I’ve been sharing through this medium of Medium now at a high rate for just over four years and have racked up over 1400 public entries.

I’ve left a very long trail of mental/emotional crumbs out there for anyone and everyone to view on a whim. Before recently, I’d never really thought much about it, but when it struck me, I realized how much was out there.

I can’t speak for you, but I’ve changed a lot since last month, let alone four years ago. Some of those posts from way back are fine, but I found that I couldn’t identify with a lot of them any longer. I couldn’t claim them as my own. It was as if they were written by someone else (and in a way, they were).

It’s easy to forget that those moldy old digital crumbs from days, weeks, months, and years (decades?) past are still there just as much as they ever…