Who am I?
Posted by Chris on October 2, 2009
I am daydreaming… watching it rain. This morning my network grew exponentially by visiting the Central Iowa Blogger’s monthly meeting. Since I am vehemently opposed to phrases like “shout out” I will just say “hello” to all of those I met this morning. I look forward to our continued networking and collaboration.
There I was this morning surrounded by bloggers and twit-o-philes who have been doing this for years. Their brand is established and I certainly get the impression that they know who they are and what they are doing. I on the other hand, do not. People would ask me what I “do” and I didn’t have a good answer. What do I do? What is my blog about? How clearly defined is my brand? OK, sorry for that last one… I was thinking like an MBA. I hate that stuff. I am daydreaming about my list.
I am a blogger. I may not have been doing it for long, but one thing is for sure, I am a blogger. It reminds me of the 90 lb kid in the gym who tells people he is a bodybuilder. They look at him with a mix of humor, pitty, and disdain. “It’s my first day,” he explains. I am a blogger… it’s just my first week.
I am a musician. They can’t take that one away from me. I haven’t been a professionally performing musician since the end of the 2002 symphony season, but damnit, I am a musician. I perform weekly for my students when I play an example for them and I perform for my wife from the other room when I practice at home. I am a musician. 20 years experience. Incomplete sentences.
As I alluded, I am a teacher. My studio hovers around 15 students who see me on a weekly basis and expect me to inspire, instruct, and guide in the art of violin and viola performance. I am a teacher.
I am a writer. That goes along with the whole blogging thing though.
I am an actor. Have I been in anything you would recognize? Hell, I haven’t been in anything… I am the 90 lb bodybuilder.
So what if I don’t have it figured out yet? My “brand” may not be as defined as yours. So what if that laser focus the world wants you to have looks more like a strobe light? You be a laser. I want to be a raging forest fire they can’t contain.
