Be Open (More About Me) — Imani Talim

You know those CAPTCHA verifications that websites use to make sure you’re a pound of flesh with a heartbeat and a brain? Well, I am one of those people who reads the instructions for them, but somehow still manages to overcomplicate the verification process.

I think we’ve found the overthinker.

Yes.

Do you also know of people who seem to have it all figured out but upon closer examination they are just better at hiding the amount of energy it takes to just exist? These type of people also tend to attract the interest of others while managing to keep a decent level of privacy.

I think we’ve found the introvert who is easily overwhelmed by sensory overload, but prone to random bouts of extroversion.

Yes.

There are also people who exist who get alarmingly passionate about their values and can go on truth-laden yet controversial vents that accidentally incite triggering anger from the opposition.

I think we’ve found the crazy bi — ?

WOAH!

No.

In all seriousness, I am a proudly multi-faceted person who always has a hard time with labels. (Overthinking for the win!). I don’t really like assigning myself. It tends to lock me into other people’s perceived standards of identity.

They say that gender is fluid; I believe that people are too. Show me the box and I’ll proudly walk in and out of it as I please!

I do want to let anyone reading this know that I’ve recently recovered a bit from health issues that I thought would permanently prevent me from being creative. I am very grateful to be on this platform and I am so grateful to be ABLE.

While I still have all this fight left in me, I look forward to using my writing to reach others and to give a little piece of myself to this world.

Thank you for reading and I hope this post found you well!