A Question of Image

I know I should be doing better at social media than I have been, but I'm in a bit of a quandary as to how I should be presenting it.

I feel I should just be 100% real; be open and honest about my flaws, my struggles, my failures, as well as my strengths, talents, and successes, just like I am on my personal Facebook page that's seen by my family and physical-world friends. That's what I've done so far, for the most part.

But I worry that doing so makes me look unprofessional, or worse, and that outside my personal Facebook page I should only show the aspects of myself that are confident, professional, successful. I sometimes think that no-one outside my family wants to hear about my problems, that I should remove every post that paints me in an unflattering light, and that I'm shooting myself in the foot by ruining my own image.

Any thoughts?

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