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Becoming Me - Sherry Ning

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“Your blog doesn’t sound like who you really are, in a bad way. You’re so much more interesting in real life. Usually, people use a pseudonym to become their alter ego online — first of all, you don’t use a pseudonym, and second, I don’t understand why you choose to be more boring online.” And it hurt at first. It hurt because there’s some truth to it. I’m not the stuffy conservative academic people think I am, which is what my writing often comes off as. I’m very guarded here. I write from observation but tend to philosophize my observations without telling you what actually happened because it’s terrifying being personal online. Share When asked to describe myself, it’s hard for me to capture who that really is. I play Polish waltzes on the piano at the bookstore. I swing katanas in a polo dress. I was in the top 0.1% of Future listeners on Spotify last year. I make the perfect sunny-side-up eggs every time. I’m a professional amateur at many things. And when people ask how I got to

This is the most honest piece of feedback I’ve ever received: “Your blog doesn’t sound like who you really are, in a bad way. You’re so much more interesting in real life. Usually, people use a pseudonym to become their alter ego online — first of all, you don’t use a pseudonym, and second, I don’t understand why you choose to be more boring online.” And it hurt at first. It hurt because there’s some truth to it. I’m not the stuffy conservative academic people think I am, which is what my writing often comes off as. I’m very guarded here. I write from observation but tend to philosophize…

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