Who am I, and if so, how many?
This headline is shamelessly stolen from a German book which I haven’t even read. Now that we got that out of the way, here are a few random bits about me:
- I’ve lived in three continents so far, and, not counting Antarctica, I can’t get any further from where I grew up.
- I’m a bit of a word-geek, and one of my biggest worries when moving to an English-speaking country was that I wouldn’t be able to express myself and be creative with language on a deeper level. I’m not worried about that any more (being married to a native speaker helps, too.)
- When I was a teenager I was very active in a Catholic youth group. It was a lot of fun, and I learned much about leadership, initiative, responsibility, and relationships. It also helped speed up my becoming an atheist.
- I wish that white wine didn’t give me headaches. Meanwhile, I practice daily my deep appreciation of reds, in particular, Central Otago Pinot Noir.
- Good, fresh, unprocessed food is my passion. I’d rather skip a meal than eat junk. Cooking with and for others is one of the things I enjoy most in life.
- I’m excited about living in the future and the many possibilities that technology provides to let us connect better with each other (think open source, Wikileaks, etc. etc.) I’m also the only person I know who doesn’t use Facebook.
- Long walks at the beach tend to not hold my interest for very long, but let me loose in any major urban city and I’ll happily get lost and explore for days on end.
- Reading is my favourite escape, and for the longest time I’ve been reading mostly fiction. While well-written, thought-inspiring novels are still my favourite, I’m discovering the joy of non-fiction, especially biographies and books that cover a single, specific subject on a deep level.
- I have a namesake who was a Baroque era poet. Experiencing first hand the horrors of the Thirty Years’ War, she fought through her poems for a real and true humanity, to serve the highest ideals through freedom and equality. She tragically died at the age of 17.
- I studied Political Science and somehow ended up doing web project management. While this was unplanned, I don’t think it’s a coincidence, because it’s what I do best, which is organising and simplifying and getting things done. I like agile, because it’s all about common sense, and I believe that when it comes down to it, my main job is to facilitate good communication.
- Lately I’ve been finding that everything that deeply interests me can be traced back to one of two questions, Who am I?, and Where do I belong? (You might argue that they are really the same question.) My mission in life is finding answers to those questions and exploring issues of identity, as an individual, as a human, and as part of a larger society.
Contact me via about.me/sibylle.
