Buried in there is another generally unspoken thing: the _contextual issues that don't matter_ are devilishly hard to identify.  Sometimes the fact that it's _your story_ is why people care, at all, about the story.  

So now there's a dialectic between these assorted desires: to subsume the _I_, to tell the truth, to give of yourself.  It's hard to know the right thing to do.

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This is nice framing. I find myself doing (1) more than (2). (2) can feel dishonest sometimes too. Like, who am I to speak for the universe? You can end up stretching the cone of your perspective wider than you deserve to.

> personal contextual issues that don't matter

This is so tough but fair. The easiest stuff to write is personal.