All About Me

I am making this post with slight hesitation. As a recent college graduate who has spent [redacted for absurdity] amount of time in the job-searching trenches, my least favorite question has quickly become something along the lines of, “So, tell me a little bit about yourself.” 

I just threw up in my mouth a little as I wrote that. 

It’s so vague! What should I talk about? And what qualifies as a “little bit”??? You can look at a thousand different job interview “tip” websites and get a different answer on each one. And yes, I know, I’m overthinking it. 

Anyway, all this to say, I’m starting a blog, and I have no idea what I’m doing. And as I was coming up with ideas for my first post, one of my thoughts was, “Well, maybe I should introduce myself.” But how to do it… I thought about going the “tell me a bit about yourself” route, but that unfortunately triggered a PTSD response from the job interviews, so it was quickly a “nope.” 

Then I remembered another way I used to introduce myself: using one of those “All About Me” posters from elementary school. 

You know the ones I’m talking about. Or at least, you should, especially if you’re a fellow Gen Z who was in elementary school during the 2000s/early 2010s. The way I remember it was that each week a new “student of the week” got to fill out the “All About Me” poster and present it to the class. You filled out your name, age, birthday, and there were categories like favorite color, favorite activities, favorite books…etc. 

A goated way to introduce yourself for sure (it has very clear instructions on what to say), but the formatting would be a little awkward for the blog medium. 

So, then I decided that this is my blog, and I can introduce myself however I want, and so this will be an introduction that is somewhere between “tell me a little bit about yourself” and an “All About Me” poster. 

*clears throat* 

Hi, my name is Naomi. I am 22 years old, I like to read and write, my favorite color is blue, and all I’ve ever wanted since I was young was to be able to tell people about myself.  

Unfortunately, being a more naturally quiet person and never really knowing what to say or when to say it has made this…difficult. Maybe that’s why I loved making the “all about me” posters–I knew exactly what the people wanted. (I could expand on this; someday I might.) 

I was an English major in college, something I am still very proud of (which is good, as it’s been less than a year since I graduated). Part of the reason I’m starting this blog is so that I still have something to write. I guess I’m finally over the burnout, and the realization that I can write anything that I want is exhilarating. Sure, it might be judged by the general public, but at least I know that nothing I write now will affect my grade point average. (At least, I don’t think so…can you get an ‘A’ in ‘blog’????) 

I am also a Christian–something I probably should have mentioned before talking about being an English major (oops). I guess I’ll go ahead and mention that these aspects of my identity are in no particular order 😂. Now that I’m no longer attending a Christian university/living in a Christian community, I’m learning how to prioritize my relationship with Jesus in my life and in my schedule. It’s very different when you’re not attending mandatory chapel twice a week. 

I have four younger sisters–a fact that is very useful in ‘two truths and a lie.’ It has also historically been useful for when I needed minions to do my bidding, although now that they’re older and discovering their free will, I’m losing my influence. 

I have two cats who can do no wrong and are the pride and joy of the entire family. The reason I know this is that my mom’s Facebook/Instagram page, which used to be 100% her children, is now 50% her children, 50% the cats . 

As for the job, I currently have an internship at Walt Disney World on the Disney College Program, which has been a lot of work and a lot of fun. I’m in a merchandise role, and I’m really enjoying it, but I’d also really appreciate it if the guests would stop giving me colds and strep throat. I’ve extended my program through June which is really exciting! The opportunities I’ve had to meet and serve people from all over the world have been rewarding. 

As the new year approaches, I’ve realized that in my busy schedule I’ve not made a lot of time to do the things I love (i.e. writing), hence: blog. I’m hoping that this can be a space for me to write whatever I want to write about, and hopefully it will become a nice time capsule for this ‘era’ of my life. Both of my parents have blogs from the early 2010s that they’ve since abandoned, but they’re fun for me to look back on, since many of the posts (especially my mom’s) are about me and my sisters when we were younger. 

Honestly, what will probably happen is that I’ll look back on these blogs one day and cringe, as I do with all of my writing. But just because something is cringeworthy doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing–at least, that’s what I’ll keep telling myself. 

P.S. Yes, I use em dashes in my writing. No, I do not use A.I.