Keywords: Self-publishing
I like to see the matter as levelling the playing field. Still, I understand anyone who says that what I’m doing is wrong, I would like not to have to do this, but I know that the world doesn’t work that way; that your gender and name can hinder your life. For me if my books sell or not is a big thing, but not as big as someone not getting a job, being harassed, or killed because of a name. Names are important.
https://ashcombka.com/2018/05/06/writers-name
Keywords: reading , writing , careers , books , creativity , time management , projects , creative process , authorship , creative writing , writer
The last part of this that I’ll get to, tonight: it takes time to read. That is time during which, I could be doing other things. If a person is a visual artist, they’re involved in seeing, all the time. If they’re a musician, they’re playing music and listening to music, all the time. If they’re a writer, apparently they’re reading and writing, all the time.
https://kodecy.com/2026/06/11/what-do-i-want-to-be-doing-3
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A little over one year ago, my world was rocked – I was incredibly depressed and felt as if I had no reason to live. That started a trek of finding out who I really am. A few things – for me personally, I find great joy in helping other people. I am a server; I gain fulfillment in helping and in solving problems/finding solutions. I like being a part of something. A year ago, I was in a position of questioning all that I had leaned on — and found that it was built on sand. It was like the tide came in, took the sand, and my little beach house of 23 years caved in.
https://aubreyeicher.com/2013/06/29/what-drives-you
![I realised [I] wanted pole to be more than a hobby too, and somehow continued doing both pole dance and academia as both practices became crucial to my wellbeing, my professional life and my identity](https://wants.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/blogcovers2.0.png)
Keywords: Asses and Activism
My journey into academia was accidental. I’ve always been an introverted nerd who loved studying and struggled in every other work setting, but somehow decided journalism and then PR were for me, got burnt out and depressed (also following an abusive relationship) and thought studying was a way to buy time as I figured myself out. At some point during that studying, I realised research could be my actual job, which doesn’t feel real to this day. In parallel to that, right when I started studying again and went back into academia for my MA in criminology, I took up pole dancing. I was still figuring myself out professionally, so I didn’t really worry about the publicness of pole and of my moderate but nonetheless existing social media profile, also because it did not cross my naive mind that people would discriminate against me just for showing my body (I knew jack shit about sex work stigma then).
https://bloggeronpole.com/2024/09/doing-both-the-challenges-of-being-a-pole-dancing-academic
Keywords: north america , outside_outdoor_in motion , angora lake , donner sate memorial museum , donner state park , fallen leaf lake , lake tahoe , sugar pine point beach , transcontiental railroad donner summit tunnels , truckee
I want an outdoor life, but also culturally identify with people that look like me, and have histories likes me. I don’t want to drive to Las Vegas for vegetarian dim sum or the asian grocery store.
https://withoutapillow.wordpress.com/2023/06/30/lake-tahoe
Keywords: healing , life , love , mental-health , writing
I don’t mean to always denigrate ‘past’ as something to be discarded- but one’s identity must always be an ever evolving thing, which may take cues from the past, but must always be firmly rooted in the present, whilst looking at the horizon for betterment.
https://sanikamulye.wordpress.com/2025/08/13/world-today
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The purpose behind sharing content online can differ for each person. In my case, I try to participate in content creation mainly for myself. I do have a target audience, which are my friends and people with similar interests, but I first started sharing pictures on Instagram to have an organized visual of highlights of my life. Thinking of content creation this way truly helped me to stop worrying about other people’s opinion.
https://laurietravellifestyle.wordpress.com/2023/04/21/my-online-identity
Keywords: Lifestyle
Because after all, identities are meant to evolve as we age, and I definitely don’t want to autopilot my way through my twenties just because certain things worked for me at age 22.
https://www.laughingmyabsoff.com/life-lately-highlights-favorite-meals-what-im-excited-about
Keywords: Daily Snippets
This year has been one of great inner transformation for me, and I felt like a name change was a good way to reflect that transformation. I’m asking people to call me Mel from now on.
https://littlemsrunner.com/2022/10/10/introducing-mel
Keywords: mental health , baking , career , job , laid off , unemployed
As adults with full-time jobs, it becomes a big part of our identity. You meet someone new, and one of the first questions asked and answered is, “What do you do?”
https://plantsetal.wordpress.com/2023/02/28/laid-off