Importance of Privacy

You don't know my last name.

You may if you knew me before The Highest Cloud, and if you are one of my blogging friends. But you. The newcomer. The one how discovered this blog with no prior information. You don't know my last name. You know me as Holly Rebecca.

And that's the way it needs to remain. For now at least. 

Until recent months, I was very open about my online identity. Everything featured my name, first. last. sometimes middle. It felt great to be able to see my name somewhere online. For me seeing a name and it's combination which I've never heard of anywhere else is a very personal thing. 

Then something changed. People who had a disliking for me  invaded my online life and I was left feeling a lot less safe than ever before on the world wide web. 

We rely on the internet to be a happy and secure place, no matter how untrue it is. We hope that everything away from the real world can somewhat be perfect and pristine. A clean slate. It never is. It never will be. Until something happens, you will never realise how much you appreciate and value your own privacy. 

Think hard and carefully before you share so much of your world online. I know it seems like what you want to do at the time, but there may come at time when you regret your own actions more than other people's.

Holly x

Currently

As inspired by Through a Cat's Eyes, and Your Almost Alice

Reading:

....Nothing! I've just finished The White Rose by Amy Ewing (book 2 in the Lone City trilogy) - a book I'd been waiting a year for. Now I'm waiting for Saturday to come around so I can get my hands on Carry On by Rainbow Rowell, which I seriously regret not pre-ordering. 

Watching:

As it currently stands, I can't get into my Netflix account because the person who owns it hasn't texted me back about the new password, which is a shame because there are at least 10 things I have on hold. Last week I had Laryngitis so sat in bed and watched The Breakfast Club and About Time. The Breakfast Club was disappointing, but About Time was phenomenally good - and melted my icy heart to the point where I was crying. Or that could have been the vapour rub. Now I'm scouring my shelves for rewatches - thinking Finding Neverland and Obvious Child. 

Loving:

Southern Culture - this is a England-based jewellery website. I just made my first order from them; Tibetan elephant earrings. Not only are there one off styles, but there are whole collections of watches, rings, necklaces, bracelets on Harry Potter, Peter Pan, Space, and Travel, to name a few.
Green Tea: I've been drinking a lot more of this recently, just for the health benefits that come with it. It's true, it tastes disgusting and smells funny, but I'd really recommend the Clipper Green Tea and Honey version, because that makes the bitter taste seem less like poison. 

Holly x