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I think its a very interesting balance between maintaining a private self and a public self. I think it all depends on how much a person is willing to share things with people. For instance I have my friends, I have my close friends, and then I have my family. It's pretty obvious that my most personal things I'm usually going to share with my family and then some personal things I will share with my close friends and even some less things I will share with my friends. However I, personally, share a close balance with my close friends and my family, there are somethings I am willing to tell my close friends, then somethings I am only willing to tell my family. It's kind of like a system of different levels, there are the general positions: friends, close friends, family; but then there are overlapping parts. For me it all depends on trust, and how long I've known the person; which again is still part of trust. If I trust this person then I'm going to tell them things that I wouldnt be comfortable telling other people with.

The first place I would thing would be a private place would be my own room, but considering im now sharing a room with my roommate Kein, my room isn't so private anymore. Of course I still have my room at home, but when I'm in my apartment I feel most at home/ most private at my work desk; which is surprisingly in our living room. I think it's because I bought this myself, built it myself and I'm the only one that uses it make it my own, my private spot. It doesn't even have anything to do with being in a secluded area! My apartment usually isn't a very private place, I mean I have three roommates, two of which, have girlfriends, so there's usually plenty of people over at my place, but it still stays the same my desk is my private place. When I have my headphones on, I'm listening to music or just doing work, nothing else matters.