Let’s try that again.

I’m a creator

A writer

A marketer

A podcaster

A teacher

A business owner

And if this piece is any indication, a poet, apparently.

But I’m also at least a quarter bicycle.

I’m a little bit every song I’ve written

Every photograph taken

Every mile walked

And every grain of dirt and dust picked up along the way.

I’m a little piece of every place I’ve been

Many places I have yet to go

And still more I will never visit.

I am my curiosities and my questions

My hope, wonder, and awe

And all of the things that evoke it.

I am my longings, dreams, and desires

Defined as much by the path ahead of me as the one behind.

Perhaps more.

I am more than I can conceive

Or describe

Or begin to communicate here

Or anywhere else.

And so are you.

Don’t forget.

Or ignore.

Or attempt to suppress it.

Remember all the many things you are

that people will resonate with most

are the things that don’t fit

neatly inside the boxes

and character limits

we’re encouraged

to describe our

selves

in.

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