what's the bit of you that wouldn't survive your own bio?
there's a version of you that exists in bios, introductions, the story you tell at dinner parties. and then there's the bit that never makes the cut. not because it's bad. because it doesn't fit the shape.
every day there's one live question, the same for everyone. answer it anonymously, see what other people said. it's all gone in seven days.
answer today's question →start by writing your bio as you'd usually tell it. a few lines, the highlights, the version others know. then write the part you left out. the interest, the struggle, the quality, the contradiction. it might be something you love that doesn't match the rest of the picture. it might be a failure that shaped you more than any achievement. write about why it gets edited out. is it that you think it weakens the story, or that you're not sure it belongs to who you're supposed to be. put it on the page like it matters, because it probably does.
- write about the thing you'd include if your bio was only for people who already loved you.
- consider which part of yourself you're most afraid of being defined by.
- think about who you were before you learned what to emphasise and what to hide.
this is for anyone who feels slightly fictional in their own life. for the person who's performed coherence so long they've forgotten what they left out.