Every
year in school you always seem to get the writing assignment of explaining who
you are in about 100 words or less. Whenever
I see this, I get very irritated. I
truly believe that this question cannot be answered in fewer than 100 words,
there is no way. Some people probably
think that they could easily do this because they live a boring or uneventful life. However, everyone has a story that is unique
to them and makes them who they are.
There are so many specific details that come together to build the
person you are, and the one you will continue to grow into. This makes us who we are, and someone cannot leave
these details out because if they do, then they are not answering the
question. If you accurately explain
yourself entirely, you would be answering this question for the rest of your
life. This is because we are all
constantly changing and forming new ideas about ourselves. So next time someone asks you to explain who
you are in 100 words, do the best you can, but we all know you are much, MUCH
more than 100 words.
"Accept everything about yourself--I mean everything, You are you and that is the
beginning and the end--no apologies, no regrets." -Clark Moustakas
--Erin
I agree! I had to describe myself in a Tweet (140 characters). That was tough! Sometimes I think the point of an assignment like that is to get you thinking about who you are and how the parts of you on the surface are not really who you are (for the most part). Anyway, thank you!
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