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Reading Woody's article about Tyler Sash got me thinking about how we define ourselves. We often have a list of things we are, such as student, engineer, brother, pet owner, etc. I realized I have never thought about what or who I am. I don't know what I'd put at the front of the list when asked: what/who are you?
So, who are you? What one thing defines you more than anything?
Right now, I'm defining myself as someone wondering where this Jeff Woody article is that everyone's talking about.
"I'm a backdoor man. The men don't know. But the little girls understand."
- Jim Morrison
Since no one else is taking the question seriously, I will.
Since no one else is taking the question seriously, I will.
I think others are probably thinking pretty seriously about the topic, but not wanting to bare their soul to randos on the internet...makes you kind of vulnerable in ways that most people don't like to voluntarily put themselves in.
I have had seasons in my life where I defined myself by what I do (an engineer, etc.), I have had seasons where I defined myself by my hobbies (a hiker, a homebrewer), I had a season where I was a primarily husband (before kids). Interestingly, I never really had a season where I saw myself as primarily a college student, despite being in college longer than most. It was just something to get thru to my 'real' life. Because I have 3 and 5 YO sons, right now, I'm in a season where that demands that it be a large part of my definition, but I also understand that it's a season...as they get older, it won't define me so much, and the husband thing will come back (and as such, I'm putting intentional effort into keeping that part of me alive...the 'empty nester' divorce is a real pattern. If you're too much defined as a parent...when that goes away you can struggle).