Identity Riddle: Solution

As many people have already guessed (or Googled), the identity I discovered was that of an entrepreneur. This was, of course, very unexpected because I always thought I was the opposite of an entrepreneur.

What I liked the most about these articles for entrepreneurs is that they transmitted a feeling of an unapologetic excitement about the work people do. I’m so tired of the environment where depression is the norm and happiness is suspect that it’s extremely refreshing to see that there are people who discuss what they do without needing to apologize, whine, and moan.

This description of an entrepreneur describes me a hundred times better than any description of an academic I ever read.

And these suggestions on how to build a team are exactly the way I’ve been developing this blog.

This strategy is precisely what I do to prepare myself to do some good writing whenever I feel blocked or out of ideas.

And the most refreshing thing about this new-found identity is that it is not based on the incessant use of the passive voice. There is an agent, and that agent is, more often than not, I. My blogroll is spilling over with posts whose organizing idea is “I was told something not very pleasing, and this is such a disaster that I will stop living my life this very moment,” and that is very boring.

Plus, on these blogs for entrepreneurs there are no discussions of “privilege” and no competitions in the degree of ideological purity.

I was in a great mood all day yesterday. This is the same kind of feeling I experienced when I discovered the word “autism.” It’s a very good feeling to discover that you are not a weirdo, and there are people who see the world in a way similar to yours.

So here is what I decided. I will happily assume my new-found identity and will be an entrepreneur without a business.