summer 22 mini 1000 - day 1: introduction
Aug. 7th, 2022 10:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zoomieyohi there! happy august! for mini 1000 i wanted to do a series of blog posts. personal blogging has been something i wanted to step into for a while now, so what better time and better way to kill two birds with one stone than by using mini 1000 to write up entries for dreamwidth?
on most of the social platforms i occupy, everyone typically has a pinned introduction or some kind of site listing who they are. ive always found these hard to create. ive never known how to describe myself aside from basic lists of my interests and whatever current media im enjoying right now. even now, when you look at my dreamwidth, its just the few posts ive decided to share. ive had a few introductions drafted but i dont ever feel happy enough to publish them. my bios and about pages have always been short little things- even now, the couple of carrds i had made at the height of my twitter addiction are mostly focused on the media i was invested in at the time. the bios are short, keeping me almost anonymous as to who i am behind the account.
- i’m a writer and management major with far too many interests and a love of fictional pretty boys. i love getting into new things, so i might drop into your replies or dms if something catches my eye. i follow to make mutuals and be friends, frq when locked, dont be playfully rude with me pls, just sb instead of muting me, im here to just have a nice time, like my pinned after reading (via my old anime twitter)
- writer, writer, and writer. fictional boy enthusiast. mobile gamer. multi media creative. welcome to my creative space- currently in the process of trying to exist better and that just basically means i’m working on myself and some goals. (via my goal??? twitter)
- hey there! I'm Zumi, a slice of life variety streamer. I currently stream study with me, just chatting, journaling and gaming. I'm in my last few semesters of undergrad. Currently no set schedule, but I try to stream as often as I can c: (via my twitch)
- hi there! i’m zoe, a 22 year old hobbyist with a passion for writing and creating. i created the newsletter out of a desire to write in a meaningful, authentic way and to explore sharing my ideas online. if you like this newsletter and youd like to see more from me, id love for you to check out any of my other social medias. (via my newsletter)
in my attempts to create introductions, i noticed that most of the accounts i admired had some kind of key idea to make the rest of the bio cohesive. a key theme describing what is coming next. im not sure that ive ever been good at describing myself or picking this key theme. i think in some of the later examples, you can see what i’m getting at- theres a hint more than just what im interested in. i start to share what my goals and pursuits are for whatever given social media. i use things like occupation (student, intern, and retail clerk) or vague titles (creative, writer, artist). im all of those things… but I’m also more. and thats always been the trouble ive faced. how do i explain the nuance of who i am? why do i expect to be able to wrap myself up neatly into little phrases or nicely defined boxes like this? i’ve always wanted to explore every path available to me, and i never wanted to get stuck in one place. i think it comes from a longer ongoing issue of identity- who i act as, who i think i am, who i want to be.
i had an interview recently, where i felt that i didnt sell myself well. in describing my own disappointment with the interview, my dad left me this bit of wisdom: “You are much more complex than a 30 minute interview.” It helped to encourage me not to beat myself up, but the lasting impression has further added to my confusion and frustration of creating introductions for myself.
i love looking at other peoples about pages- really i love the act of connecting and reading about others. dreamwidths, tumblrs, neocitites, twitters, carrds, listographies, rentrys, substacks, you name it. i love looking at the creative talent others have. i love being able to read and learn about other peoples through their concise introductions and bio pages. i love the creativity and love you can find in others. how you can see the way they think and choose to share. its endlessly fascinating to me. i want to pursue and inspire the same thing in others. i want to craft and create and relentlessly pursue what makes me happy.
perhaps after this challenge of 1000 words every day, ill be able to create the cute intro page and finally catch up to the others i admire. maybe i wont be so scared of my own voice, or chasing the dreams id like to follow. i hope that i can work on these things honestly and authentically. ah.. but im getting a bit off topic haha.
i want to be able to describe myself in a way that makes people want to explore my media. i know that i should create for myself and for the sake of creating. but i cant help but want some recognition. i cant help but want to be able to write about myself. i want to be able to pretend to preceive myself as a stranger. a bit narcassitic maybe but ive always done this i think. in my tumblr days, i used to look back at the sites i would code and try to find more ways to personalize it so that other could experience the same feeling i felt when exploring other peoples pages.
i think that this all boils down to a desire for connection and sureness of identity… id like to keep this on the topic of introduction but i plan to explore these two topics this week while i challenge myself to write a minimum of 1000 words everyday for the next seven days. i have a couple ideas drafted out for the rest of the week as well…
in my first draft of this, i thought i had hit the 1000 word mark when i had said all that i wanted to. but man is it actually challenging! i was roughly 400 words short, so reading back over i had to go and beef up different sections and really allow myself to explore the idea of introduction.. maybe after i finish this, i’ll go and work on a nice intro post for my dreamwidth as well as look at drafting up a cute lil entry for linking all of these back too.. maybe i just stick with a tag though. oh well.
word count: 1,175 words
reading time: 4 minutes
on most of the social platforms i occupy, everyone typically has a pinned introduction or some kind of site listing who they are. ive always found these hard to create. ive never known how to describe myself aside from basic lists of my interests and whatever current media im enjoying right now. even now, when you look at my dreamwidth, its just the few posts ive decided to share. ive had a few introductions drafted but i dont ever feel happy enough to publish them. my bios and about pages have always been short little things- even now, the couple of carrds i had made at the height of my twitter addiction are mostly focused on the media i was invested in at the time. the bios are short, keeping me almost anonymous as to who i am behind the account.
examples below the cut:
- i’m a writer and management major with far too many interests and a love of fictional pretty boys. i love getting into new things, so i might drop into your replies or dms if something catches my eye. i follow to make mutuals and be friends, frq when locked, dont be playfully rude with me pls, just sb instead of muting me, im here to just have a nice time, like my pinned after reading (via my old anime twitter)
- writer, writer, and writer. fictional boy enthusiast. mobile gamer. multi media creative. welcome to my creative space- currently in the process of trying to exist better and that just basically means i’m working on myself and some goals. (via my goal??? twitter)
- hey there! I'm Zumi, a slice of life variety streamer. I currently stream study with me, just chatting, journaling and gaming. I'm in my last few semesters of undergrad. Currently no set schedule, but I try to stream as often as I can c: (via my twitch)
- hi there! i’m zoe, a 22 year old hobbyist with a passion for writing and creating. i created the newsletter out of a desire to write in a meaningful, authentic way and to explore sharing my ideas online. if you like this newsletter and youd like to see more from me, id love for you to check out any of my other social medias. (via my newsletter)
in my attempts to create introductions, i noticed that most of the accounts i admired had some kind of key idea to make the rest of the bio cohesive. a key theme describing what is coming next. im not sure that ive ever been good at describing myself or picking this key theme. i think in some of the later examples, you can see what i’m getting at- theres a hint more than just what im interested in. i start to share what my goals and pursuits are for whatever given social media. i use things like occupation (student, intern, and retail clerk) or vague titles (creative, writer, artist). im all of those things… but I’m also more. and thats always been the trouble ive faced. how do i explain the nuance of who i am? why do i expect to be able to wrap myself up neatly into little phrases or nicely defined boxes like this? i’ve always wanted to explore every path available to me, and i never wanted to get stuck in one place. i think it comes from a longer ongoing issue of identity- who i act as, who i think i am, who i want to be.
i had an interview recently, where i felt that i didnt sell myself well. in describing my own disappointment with the interview, my dad left me this bit of wisdom: “You are much more complex than a 30 minute interview.” It helped to encourage me not to beat myself up, but the lasting impression has further added to my confusion and frustration of creating introductions for myself.
i love looking at other peoples about pages- really i love the act of connecting and reading about others. dreamwidths, tumblrs, neocitites, twitters, carrds, listographies, rentrys, substacks, you name it. i love looking at the creative talent others have. i love being able to read and learn about other peoples through their concise introductions and bio pages. i love the creativity and love you can find in others. how you can see the way they think and choose to share. its endlessly fascinating to me. i want to pursue and inspire the same thing in others. i want to craft and create and relentlessly pursue what makes me happy.
perhaps after this challenge of 1000 words every day, ill be able to create the cute intro page and finally catch up to the others i admire. maybe i wont be so scared of my own voice, or chasing the dreams id like to follow. i hope that i can work on these things honestly and authentically. ah.. but im getting a bit off topic haha.
i want to be able to describe myself in a way that makes people want to explore my media. i know that i should create for myself and for the sake of creating. but i cant help but want some recognition. i cant help but want to be able to write about myself. i want to be able to pretend to preceive myself as a stranger. a bit narcassitic maybe but ive always done this i think. in my tumblr days, i used to look back at the sites i would code and try to find more ways to personalize it so that other could experience the same feeling i felt when exploring other peoples pages.
i think that this all boils down to a desire for connection and sureness of identity… id like to keep this on the topic of introduction but i plan to explore these two topics this week while i challenge myself to write a minimum of 1000 words everyday for the next seven days. i have a couple ideas drafted out for the rest of the week as well…
in my first draft of this, i thought i had hit the 1000 word mark when i had said all that i wanted to. but man is it actually challenging! i was roughly 400 words short, so reading back over i had to go and beef up different sections and really allow myself to explore the idea of introduction.. maybe after i finish this, i’ll go and work on a nice intro post for my dreamwidth as well as look at drafting up a cute lil entry for linking all of these back too.. maybe i just stick with a tag though. oh well.
word count: 1,175 words
reading time: 4 minutes
