Platforms that I sometimes write vary from notes on my phone to remind myself to do something, Instagram posts, text messages, journal posts, or my whiteboard at home. My most common place for writing is my phone, because of how convenient it is to write whatever is on my mind at that moment. With a bit of typing and bullet points, I can write down my favorite restaurant, my passwords I just created or even a weird dream I had the night before. This writing place I would consider very private, since I feel it’s more of my personal thoughts and feelings. I wouldn’t show many people any of my notes because it’s what I consider to be a part of my private identity. 

    My next common place is my Instagram. I love posting different quotes I read in my books, things that I felt resonated with me, or some motivation. This is so that I can spread some positivity to everyone around me and add value to someone. I would consider this writing place very public, because on the internet a post is available for everyone to see. 

   Another place where I write would be my white board at home. I have about three of them in the front of my room. One holds new motivation for me everyday, that I update at night, one is my calendar which has important dates for me. I also have a task whiteboard which holds daily tasks for me to do everyday. I have a mini version of this in my Baruch legal pad, where I constantly write my dreams and goals. This keeps me hopeful and my focus for the next that day, week, or year. This space I would also consider private to me, because I look at and update them all everyday. 

     The implications when moving from a private to a public location is not knowing what to share or not to share. If there was no line between what we should keep to ourselves and what we should share to the world. Things such as our thoughts about certain people, or things we think in our world. Our day to day thoughts about what we should wear or eat could probably stay to ourselves. With the rise of social media, it’s gotten harder to maintain that border but we can still hold our identity between our public and private selves, if we choose to.