Lulwa's Logic: About Yous

Recently I have had to write a lot of one paragraph, 160 character description/introductions of myself. Some of it has been for work, and in others it has been for the various social networks I am part of.

I find it hard to write these short bios, or stand in front of people and speak about myself. Don't get me wrong its not because I don't like speaking about myself (on the contrary I quite enjoy it-recently I have found myself reading blog posts and email I write to people and enjoying my writing a lot). What I am finding hard to do is to define who Lulwa is in 160 characters, or in one paragraph.

I-like most people-have various personalities, personal, profession, with the friends, with the parents, with the partner, and I have worked hard on creating these sides of myself. I studied for over 25 years of my life, I have travelled the world, read amazing books, met brilliant people...all these experiences and whatnot then I have to shrink, cut, snip so that I can fit into an About You section.

I am aware that you choose the persona you introduce based on the situation, aka personal or professional Lulwa, however, I don't like doing that. At my first UNDP General Meeting, I had to stand up and speak, I happened to be the first one of the new people, and I fumbled, stumbled and ended up sounding like a kid. I didn't just want to talk about what I studied or where I worked before, knowing just that won't really show who I am, you need to know that I am obsessed with British history, especially Queen Elizabeth I; that I like listening to Celine Dion sometimes; and that I love watching Keeping up with the Kardashians.

This little misguided rant came from me having to write my 160 word description for my Twitter account, it was agonising. How does one choose what side to speak out? What do I want to say about myself? Will most people understand me? Will they want to follow me?

So if you go to my twitter account, this is what you read: