Aaltoe’s Blog

Identity grows in part
Through understanding of difference
I suppose,
Seeing others as different
Seeing oneself as not the same
And having to invent
Some sort of description
To take that into account
Into conception
Into construction of narrative,
To make sense of how one knows,
Or thought one knew what one does
To make sense of how to encounter others
In ways that would-be
Understandable to them
As well as to oneself
That materialize that growing
Sense of identity
Into behaviors and outlooks.

The opportunities to encounter
That define identity
Have dwindled over the last year
Encounters with like minded people
In similar roles
Encounters with others
Where differentiating self is necessary.

But now is an opportunity
To look freshly
To test against personal comfort
As well as predicted success
To refine one’s identity
To construct plausible professional narratives
Consonant with that self definition
In the light of changed circumstances of the world
And loosened strictures on learned behavior.

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