Identity Crisis
Identity Crisis
I finally wrote the “Bio” for my Blog profile. I don’t know why it took me so long. I have such a problem writing about myself. I struggled for so long trying to think of what to write. I even read other people’s Blog Profiles but it didn’t help. What should I include? What do people really want to know? What is relevant? Who am I? Who do I want to be? How much information should I share? The hardest questions for me to answer have always been the personal ones about myself. I kept starting my bio over and over, unsatisfied with each attempt. Every time I started to write, I started by saying my educational credentials are in business... blah, blah; my career is in business .… blah, blah; my entire life is in business … blah, blah, blah. Desperate to put this monumental task behind me, and thoroughly disgusted, I told a professional coach about this problem. Of course, he said something like, “maybe that was who you were, not necessarily who you are or who you want to be”. Of course, he hit the nail right on the head. Then, he asked me “Who are you now and who do you want to be in the future”. I had several minutes of initial panic. After stuttering, stumbling, and fumbling for words, I came up with the right ones …. more or less. And he said “OK, then that is what you want to say”. He made it sound so easy. But, he was right! After a couple of false starts, I got it done and I was finally satisfied! I can’t help but wonder if other people have this problem.