8.28.09 About the “Information Age”

With the way the internet is these days, anyone can see anything about you. Yes, there will be times where there are things out there that you can’t control. Someone takes a photo of you that you didn’t know about, or someone mentions you without your knowledge or consent. But the vast majority of our online presence, we can control.
I try to live my online life in such a way that if some prospective photography client, possible boss, friend, potential husband, future children were to stumble across them, there wouldn’t be anything there to be ashamed or embarrassed about. I try to live life that way too. Sure, I’ve made mistakes in my past, and done things I wasn’t 100% proud to discuss, however, I feel I’ve learned from all that, and been transformed, not just in my heart, but physically as well, the way I dress, speak, and carry myself.
Just a word of warning to be careful what you post out there on the internet about yourself, because someone Googling your name is the exact same thing as someone asking everyone that knows you for details about who you are, your past and what you stand for.