On Defining Identity

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I am constantly circling back to the notion of identity.

Even now, as I channel much of my free time into writing — tapping into the one medium that feels the most natural for me — I struggle with the desire to label myself a writer.

Technically speaking, I am a writer. “Writer” literally makes up one half of my 9-to-5 job title. But when it comes to what I’m doing here, now, outside the formal…