Who am I?
It was always a dreaded question for me, "tell me a little bit about yourself." And appearing for an innumerable number of interviews, I still don't know what I am.
Really, what are we? What does define us? Our material possessions like a degree or a pedigree? Or what we read, what we think, or how we feel?
I don't have an answer. And I think there is no right or wrong answer to this. Or if it is there, I don't know that yet. If you know, please do tell me.
But After giving it a lot of thought, I usually answer this question with whatever I am that day; if I am writing my next masterpiece, then I tell them I am a writer, an author and an aspiring storyteller.
If that day, I am working on my next path-breaking artwork, then I tell them that I am an illustrator and artist.
If I am thinking about the next original thoughts, then I call myself a thinker.
But if I get to the bottom of this, I am a problem solver, that's why I will always be an engineer, and I will always like data; you know, "In God we trust. All others must bring data..." (quote made by W. Edwards Deming)
Above all, I am a learner. I am learning all the time, maybe a new piece of software or relearning how to use Python (nowadays, Python does not care if you mix up space and tabs; what fun!) or how to handle a database. Or I am trying to write a macro using JavaScript for Google Sheets and telling myself, 'I am too old for this stuff.' Or I am learning how to make my designs editable after Canva changed its interface. Maybe I am learning a new social media or a new self-publishing platform.
I read an article a few days back saying no one is reading my blogs because I don't sound confident; if I don't believe in my own thoughts, then who will? But if you are always learning, you know that there is always another way of seeing the same problem, another more efficient or less efficient way of solving it. You can always argue from the other side. And maybe because of that, I feel all the self-taught people out there are full of imposter syndrome. Because they know that one might have missed something. Even when I try to edit my drafts using Grammarly, it tells me, you do not sound confident; use this sentence instead.
So there it is. I can not be a teacher, but if you are here and you are with me until now reading through these rants, then come join me in learning.
Oh, by the way, I love to read books and watch lots of movies and TV shows. And sometimes YouTube videos.
[OMG! This page is an SEO nightmare. The search engine will be utterly confused by so many keywords. - Maybe this is the reason no one is reading my blogs; they could not find it.]😅
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I write on many topics, they are organized in the following publications:
Fairy Stories: Short Stories for Kids.
The Storyteller: Novellas, Short Stories, Micro Tales for Grownups.
The Wrong Pen: My journey as an author.
FeML: My technical blogs
Children's Book Recommendations: Kid's Book Reviews
The Book Analyst: Book Reviews and Book Rant
The Movie Analyst: Movie and Series Reviews
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