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Sharing my life online

By Catherine Toth Fox • May 19, 2013 • Musings, The Daily Dish

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Today I’m going to talk about sharing my life online at the annual Hawaii Books & Music Festival on the civic grounds in downtown.

I’m on a panel called “Lives Online: Truth and Truthiness.” An interesting title consider what I do for a living — write — and how that may not be perceived as truth.

(The panel starts at 11 a.m., in case you’re around.)

I thought about what I’m going to say for a couple of days now. It forced me to think about whether what I post about myself is really the truth or a construction of the truth from my perspective.

Or maybe it’s a bit of both.

I don’t often blog about myself — meaning, my personal life — and I don’t even share my opinions or feelings as much as most bloggers. And I’ve been criticized for that, with people (often my editors) saying I need to take a stand more often and get people riled up. That leads to more hits — and more hate. But hits are what matter.

But not to me.

I just want people to read something and feel changed in some way. Maybe they want to try a new restaurant or a new recipe or book a flight to Costa Rica. Or maybe they remember something — a favorite dish as a child or a special teacher. Whatever it is, I want people to reflect on their own lives, not mine.

I have two more hours to think about what I’m going to say. And I guarantee it won’t all be about me. 🙂

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8 Comments

  • Reply John David Zuern May 19, 2013 at 10:15 am

    Thanks for the plug, Cat! See you in a few minutes…. Looking forward to your talk.

  • Reply David Jackson May 19, 2013 at 3:00 pm

    Interesting thoughts… but I think you share more that you realize. I wouls say you are more guarded than most.

  • Reply Eric May 19, 2013 at 4:10 pm

    Your inquisitiveness & positiveness shows through in your posts. If that’s not an opinion, I don’t know what is. There are too many negative type blogs/tweets/FB posts, etc out there that spoil new discoveries. Keep up what you’re doing!

  • Reply M May 19, 2013 at 5:01 pm

    Hello Cat!
    I like it just the way it is. 🙂

  • Reply eddyo May 20, 2013 at 7:15 am

    Good Morning,

    your blog is fine, because IMHO you do the following:
    1. refrain from being a drama queen
    2. jus’ being slightly narcissitic–shows confidence
    3. rotate between the introspective probing questions to the yumminess of life
    4. keeping it real & seeing the humor where we need it
    5. strong opinions do invoke strong reactions, but you try not to jump on a soap box, which
    I take as part of your journalism background

  • Reply rayboyjr May 20, 2013 at 11:12 am

    Hey Cat: … I agree with the others … you blog about yourself more than you know … though not explicitly … a lot is revealed about yourself in your writing …

    … from your jobs, to the places you visit, to the restaurants you like, to the stories you choose to blog about … we really do get a glimpse, albeit maybe snapshots, into who you are …

    … and the abundance of pictures you post … you know the old saying is true … a picture is worth a thousand words … even if you never wrote a single word … your pictures paint a really good story about yourself …

  • Reply WildeOscar May 22, 2013 at 11:18 am

    Yours is one of only two blogs that I read regularly, and you get riled up by horror and tragedy inflicted on people by people. It doesn’t have to be every day, and we have to leave some time for enjoying life. respect that, and it’s why I read your blog. That, and you are the finest photographer or food that the world has every known!

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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