for a long time i've refrained from talking about work issues online. this is typically considered to be good advice. "you don't want to burn any bridges," we've been told.

today, i'm not so sure there's much wisdom in that advice. am i silencing a part of who am i by refusing to talk about what basically consumes 1/3 of my waking hours? is that slowly killing a part of me?

if honest, truthful statements about an employer are not positive, is it dishonest to hide those? if they are discovered and termination results, is that, at least in the long term, for the better?

i have not yet decided whether to start discussing the work portion of my life online, but i'm at least considering it. i'm no longer comfortable with the silence.