Who Am I?

What makes you the person you are?

A question that ideally we all spend our lives trying to find the answer to, and ultimately never truly answering. We are always changing, adjusting, or otherwise adapting to our surroundings, which means that who we are is always in a state of flux.

Anyways, a big part of who I am is waxing philosophical on things ranging from truly mundane to truly philosophical, like this question! If I were to try and use one word to describe myself, I'd call myself a thinker. It could be interpreted as neurosis or introspection or even anxiety, but I believe that 'thinker' is the best single word to encapsulate me.

So with "thinking" in mind as the most broad descriptor of who I am, let's break down the other aspects that make me who I am, by, you guessed it, thinking!

I am...

• Someone who is endlessly fascinated by the world around me.
• Generally conflict-averse.
• Not chained by what is considered "normal" or proper, but also not so rebellious as to reject the trappings of normal society.
• A natural leader.
• Often too much of a leader, to the point that it becomes a blind leading the blind situation.

...and many other things.

I think that what makes me special is my unique combination of detail focus, leadership tendency, and my ability to be unfazed by what other people think of me. This allows me to often notice pitfalls of thinking or practice that would improve things if corrected, and not be afraid to point them out and work with others to fix them. I think that my generalist approach does me in many times though, where though I can see the small details or bits and pieces of a whole clearly I get lost in the weeds and lose track of the bigger picture, forgoing the boring in-betweening and instead focusing only on the key frames.