It is my understanding of all the extensive website searching I have done over the years that the purpose of the About Page is to get your “buy in.” Essentially, this is supposed to be my elevator pitch where I tell you who I am, what this is, why I’m here, and why you should stay. Well, that’s great and all, but I already have a few problems with this approach.
Problem one - my sales pitch goes one of two ways - it’s either too short and awkward - like rushing to give “the nod” paired with a hand-on-the-steering-wheel-wave to a rando while driving after they effortlessly greeted you or a full on two hour conversation where I spill out the contents of my soul after saying three times, “well, I’ll let you go.” (I’ll do my best to make this fall somewhere between the two.)
Second problem with introducing myself, I’m currently and actively on this journey of figuring out who I am in the first place. I’m working on stripping off titles, degrees, and labels and reclaiming adjectives I thought I didn’t deserve to use in this MadLibs of “Who is Becca?”
So, as I use this platform as a place to figure out who I am, I will go ahead and share seven things that I know to be absolute truths - all of which are unlikely to change anytime soon.
7 Things About Me That are the Most Unlikely to Change
I like to wear poetry on my t-shirts and novelty socks.
I enjoy reading/writing in the Chicago style. I am all about the footnotes, sidebars, preludes, prefaces, spinoffs - give me all the bonus information! Details, details, details!
I think Gordon Ramsay is a perfect example of know your audience, e.g. How he speaks in Master Chef Junior vs Master Chef.
I will always be down to watch A Bug’s Life, Monster’s Inc (or Monster’s University), Zootopia, or Mulan - no questions asked or specific emotional state required. That said, Inside Out is probably my favorite Pixar movie. Sadness is my favorite and I even have her autograph. Not Phyllis Smith’s, but the bonafide Sadness autograph - that children wait in line for at Disney World. Yes, I was an adult when it happened. No, I have zero shame about my decision to wait in line for over an hour to get it.
5. My current mantras are:
Show up for yourself, and just do the damn thing.
Fuck that Shit
I believe God cares about this
Stop trying to earn grace - start living in it.
6. I'm working on creating a list of the best gifts I've ever received. Currently on that list:
A picture of Richard Nixon
A stuffed elephant named Gerald
A personalized 5 hour playlist
A NASA matchbox car
A keychain in the design of a pinky promise
7. Ultimately, I want to love people well, pray daring and audacious prayers, and like myself at the end of the day.
Bonus!!
Pre-recovery Becca was all about a Netflix binge - she was hardcore. We’re talking watching nine years of The Office in a total of four weeks, hardcore. Current recovery Becca is working on not exhausting her streaming privileges and has made the shift to binging music instead.