Category: Closed Circuit

On Password-Protected Posts

On By benebellIn Closed Circuit3 Comments

UPDATE:

Due to logistical and admin challenges of keeping up with e-mails re: the Closed Circuit, this has been turned off entirely. Apologies in advance for non-responsiveness. There is no longer a Closed Circuit track.

Any password-protected posts you might see from here on out are posts of supplemental materials for courses, workshops, or presentations. The blog post method is just the easiest way for attendees of these classes to access the materials. I give them the password during the class, and then they go to the password-protected blog post to download the class-specific materials.

Thank you for your understanding.

[Leaving the original text for this post below in case anyone is interested in the historical context.]

I’ve been receiving a number of messages expressing confusion around the password-protected posts, so I hope this note will help clarify.

The post that went up yesterday titled “How to Survive Criticism and Pitchforks (2024 Day Planner Add-On)” is password-protected because it is for those who ordered the 2024 Day Planner Add-On, explained here. In short, it’s tradition that I offer an optional add-on to those who order the annual Metaphysician’s Day Planners. For 2024, it’s that password-protected post.

That post falls outside the scope of posts on my blog designated “Closed Circuit.” All closed circuit blog posts are archived here: https://benebellwen.com/category/closed-circuit/

For information on how to gain access to Closed Circuit blog posts, read here: https://benebellwen.com/2019/07/13/revisiting-why-there-is-a-closed-circuit/

However, not all password-protected posts are Closed Circuit posts. Therefore the password you get for the Closed Circuit posts will only work on Closed Circuit posts.

Thank you for your understanding,

Bell

Revisiting Why There Is a Closed Circuit

On By benebellIn Closed Circuit, opinion, personal12 Comments

It’s been two years since I came up with the password-protected Closed Circuit idea, which in hindsight I don’t know if it was a good or bad idea.

Good, because it succeeded in the sense that I really got to know some of you better and it achieved what I hoped it would– actually getting to know you, you who reads these blog posts. =)

Bad, because no one reads or does due diligence so I end up feeling like a broken record, repeating myself over and over on the spirit behind the Closed Circuit, that it isn’t meant to be exclusionary, but the opposite–it’s intended to be more interactive, so these blog posts aren’t one-way but rather, become two-way exchanges where not only do you get to know me, but I get to know you in return.

If I’m going to get personal and real with you, I don’t want to feel like I’m talking into an empty void. I want to feel like I’m actually talking with someone. This is just you agreeing to step forward and saying yes, yep, I’m here, this is me, I hear you, I won’t judge, I’ll just listen and be present.

What is the Closed Circuit?

Here’s my original blog post on what the Closed Circuit is. Please click here to read about it.

You can also access all past Closed Circuit blog posts by clicking on the category tag “Closed Circuit,” linked here.

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