Why not ask people who they are?

Artwork by Maya Chen

I’ve been writing these lists on my phone recently: “Things I love” or “Things about me that only I would know” even “Things I have don’t have evidence for not liking”. All in an attempt to get to know myself better.

While it’s weird to say, I don’t think I know myself very well. It’s as if someone whispered it to me and I didn’t quite get it and then I didn’t ask immediately for clarification so now it’s…