🎧 Thoughts on cultivating my professional persona
What good is my personal website, my instagram, or even my career narrative? A critical inventory.
Why do I need a personal website as a professional? Is it worth being on Instagram? What story do I want to be telling the world through my career choices?
So much is shifting right now. I find myself short on time to articulate ideas and develop approaches of dealing with it all. I’ve been feeling guilty for not sharing these thoughts and insights with you more, dear reader. Because in some ways, you are also my sounding board when you email me back, either supporting or challenging them.
So I’ve decided to be candid and instead of writing, which always seems so final, let you in on my thought process while I am forming my conclusion.
It’s an experiment. It’s raw and unedited. I don’t know how I feel about it yet. And I don’t know if you’ll like it. All I know is that it feels like the right format to convey a constantly shifting, ever-present discussion.
Maybe you’ll email me, asking me to stay with the writing, although time is limited for me right now. Or maybe you’ll like it, and share some of your own conclusions.
Either way, experimentation is a fundamental part of The Brain Itch. And it’s always worked for me.
I hope you enjoy this.
NOTES
Do I need a website as a professional? Evaluating what purpose it serves. And for whom: the visitor or me?
It’s hard to fit in but stand out of what everyone else is doing. Thoughts on the same-ness of how we position ourselves.
Courage to rethink our own career narratives. It’s a thing for those of us who work across categories and disciplines. And it’s tricky.