Identity Crisis: Who are you?

I think this is something that most of us struggle with; sharing the complete picture of who we are. And we’re asked all the time. When you first meet someone new, when dating, when interviewing for a job, when attending a new class/conference/other space, and so on.

As an American, the question I think we get asked most is what do you do? We answer that with I am a (fill in the blank), like what we do to earn money is the end all be all of who we are. It’s rather disheartening. And in most spaces that is all they ask, like this small portion of your life and person is all they want or need to know about you. And that is a problem because most of us are so much more and we struggle with this, or at least I did and I know so many others must too.

Even something as simple appearing as creating this website has had me in freeze mode for months. I love the idea of bringing all that I do under one roof but that also meant doing things I haven’t done before, like combining different aspects of me together and showing how it flows and doesn’t flow, but how to explain that. I tried and tried, and I think I rewrote the home page about a dozen times, and I may rewrite it again because while it’s close to what I want to express, it isn’t everything. Honestly, neither is my about me page. It’s basically a list of things I truly believe in but it still isn’t a the whole of who I am.

Yes, this is a place where I have things up for sale: services I offer, art I create, and things that I like and have either purchased or want to buy. But it’s also about me, my journey through those things and finding out who I am through them and giving you a view into my world. Maybe, just maybe you’ll gain a small insight into me and maybe, just maybe, you’ll tell me a little about you too; more than just what you do for money and what you do for fun. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll help each other along this path and learn more about what makes each of us light up with joy, and what makes us slow with sorrow.