Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself

Hi LinkedIn. It’s been a while.?

Why? Well, I went mostly dark on all my personal social media channels around late 2020. More on that later. My last Instagram post was on September 27th of 2020. I deactivated my Facebook account shortly after. I have posted to my TikTok just once since I moved back from London (oh, yeah, I moved to and back from London). I basically have only remained semi active on Twitter –– still having a hard time letting go of the name –– and as for the rest, I’ve just kept in touch with the people in my life through group chats or on a 1:1 basis.?

With LinkedIn specifically, I frankly find the nature of a good amount of posts here to be braggadocious. I understand this is a place for presenting the best of us to our coworkers, employers (present and future ones alike), and our extended networks… but at some point it all just turned me off of wanting to share anything here. And I know I’m not the only one who feels this way. Many friends I talk to regularly express a strong dislike of “what LinkedIn has become.” This feeling, coupled with going through many personal and health situations, made the decision to remain offline and focus on myself all too easy.

This is not to say I haven’t wanted to share things here. I actually wrote a few posts that never got the “Publish” treatment, mostly because:

1. Since I do write for a living, I am usually spent from writing on the professional side so I don’t have the energy I want to summon at the time to write for myself, and?

2. The few times I do get to a personal post, I am hypercritical of my writing when it comes to conveying a message/feeling/thought I deeply care about, so I often let my fear of “this isn’t perfect” get in the way.?

So, what changed? Many, many things. I can’t share all of them in this post without it turning into an autobiography, so I have decided that as a way to return to the platform I would challenge myself to write a post every day in October (including weekends). This was inspired in part by my artist cousin who has been doing a drawing a day since the year began. Although I admire him deeply for his commitment and discipline, I won’t be going on as long of a journey. I do write every day in some way, so I don’t want this to feel like a chore. To help me keep up with this self-assigned challenge, I already drafted up a preliminary editorial calendar, and I have quite a few things going on this month so I’m excited for the opportunity to ideate and create #OneBlogADayInOctober.?

I will be sharing a lot of what I kept to myself over the past three years, which will hopefully make it a bit more obvious why I chose to do so. I will also be sharing things learned on the professional and personal fronts, and of course, real-time events to cover the entire gamma of what makes up my life right now –– apologies in advance for the possible whiplash from how much I will be going ALL over the place. From moving abroad, to AI, to cancer, to K-Pop… every topic is on the table. Some days will be more lighthearted than others, but all in all, it will be me.?

See you tomorrow.??

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#OneBlogADayInOctober Daily Entries

October 1st: Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself

October 2nd: A Tale of My Own Personal Brexit

October 3rd: Is it Possible to Love Yourself More After Moving to a Different City or Country?

October 4th: Five Tips to Leveraging Gary Vaynerchuk's "Document, Don't Create" Methodology in Content Creation

October 5th: Canva, CapCut, and ChatGPT: The C-Suite of Content Creation, All with AI

October 6th: This is Your Sign To Have a Moment of Gratitude

October 7th: From Picture Perfect to Pinterest Perfect: The Impact of One Website on Social Events

October 8th: True Life: I'm an Adult Latina K-Pop Fan

October 9th: 5 Fun Facts About Me, As Prescribed by the #PLMLinkedInChallenge

October 10th: My Mental Health Journey

October 11th: A Marketing Insight I wish I Had Learned Sooner

October 12th: Putting the AI in (A)dobe Creat(I)ve

October 13th: My Favorite Marketing Trend of 2023

October 14th: The "Ring of Fire" Annular Eclipse & Southwest Airlines' Brilliant Marketing Move

October 15th: How to Start a Podcast

October 16th: What I Don't Like About K-Pop

October 17th: Reframing Impostor Syndrome

October 18th: Social Media Learnings From a Millennial with 20 Years of Experience

October 19th: My Thyroid Cancer Journey

October 20th: How I Fell in Love with Writing

October 21st: Why Storytelling is My Favorite Writing Style

October 22nd: What it Feels Like When Your Favorite K-Pop Idol Goes Off to the Military

October 23rd: Can Writing Be Good For Your Health?

October 24th: Happy Birthday, Dad

October 25th: I Just Found Out I'm Celiac

October 26th: New Year, New Me

October 27th: How Do You Cope with Stress?

October 28th: YouTube Channels that Killed TV

October 29th: Healthcare is Broken in America

October 30th: Celebrando a Mi Mamá

October 31st: #OneBlogADayInOctober Challenge Accomplished!

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