The profile I wish I could use…
Because of the proliferation of online networking, it seems everyone has a profile bio these days - a 20 to 40-word description that encapsulates who they are and what they do. (Some clever folks have done it well in 6 words.) I know I need one too, but I’ve struggled to concisely describe myself (probably because I’m just too close to the subject).
Another reason I really, really need a profile to use online is because there are so many other people online with my name! (I’ll wait while you Google. JK)
Don’t get me wrong - I’m not complaining. I’m happy to be in such good company. The women who share my name are quite accomplished. But I need, in the interests of full disclosure I think, to differentiate myself from them. So here’s the bio I wish I could write for myself:
Carolyn Erickson is a licensed psychologist, university physics professor, West Point graduate and Iraq War veteran. And I am not any of them.
That’s 23 words. What do you think?
May 12th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
If you want to see an identity crisis, try Googling MY name! (It’s especially humbling without the middle initial.) There were 9 of us — Karen Joneses — at my college during my freshman year.
That said, I suspect your bio is every bit as impressive as your name-peers’. Bio on.