Daniel Chen-Week 15: My Memory

There's probably around 10000 versions of me floating around the world...

Definitely not in the literal sense since there's only one of me (aka the best me), but there's probably around 10000 different versions of me in the memories of every person I've met. Some may think of me as cheery and delightful, others will think I'm always tired and depressing, others will see me as the annoying person who will not stop talking; Some might see me as the person who is always mad or who always gets annoyed, some might see me a dumb, and some might see me as their favorite person to be around. 

What always has me thinking is the amount of differing viewpoints that people have about me and how that reflects how they remember me as a person. Sometimes, I fixate on the ones that show me in a negative light though, and that gets me down in the dumps or something, but eventually I realize that perhaps I can't look good to everyone, and I should make the most out of the people who see me for who I am, a random nerd who constantly talks about how he wants hot men and how he wants to cuddle someone (this is true ask literally any of my friends and my top phrase that I use is probably "[insert name] I want hot men"). 

Being able to know about different ideas that people have about me is what lets me see what I come off as, and it gives me good feedback on what I can do better, and honestly that's pretty fire not gonna lie. I will be the best service worker if I get more reviews on blogger, so rate me out of 5 stars because I'm mostly bored and usually need something to do, so reading these comments and reviews about me is probably what will entertain me whenever I get bored next week. 

Either way, the way I see myself probably isn't an accurate description of me either, I mean of course I have bias, it's me, the best person to ever grace your planet 🙄🙄🙄. But either way, I do wonder what you guys genuinely think about me (be honest I really couldn't care less about if you like me or not, trust me I've heard it all). I wouldn't mind everyone calling me the best person ever though, but do be fr though, I actually am super curious because I think a lot of people find me to be too overbearing or talkative or argumentative or whatever.

Thanks for the feedback for me!




Comments

  1. Praghna May 1, 2024 at 6:21 PM

    Hey Daniel, I completely relate and agree with your idea that there are “10000 different versions” of me floating around because sometimes, without even realizing, I tend to change little to big things about my personality based on who I am with.
    I love that your blog is so relatable, connective, and genuinely intriguing to the audience. It also piques a certain question for us to think about while we read through the blog.
    It’s quite hard to look good in front of everyone because people have such a diverse range of personalities and one person can’t be able to please everyone of them.
    Like you, sometimes I tend to care about what people may think about me, but I feel like understanding that this person is not going to be a major part of my life and that the only opinions I care about (regarding me) is from those closest to me because I know that they only look to help rather than the opposite.
    Also both you and your blog gets a 5/5 :))

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  2. Arushi May 2, 2024 at 5:02 PM

    Hi Daniel! I really liked the way you started off your blog, it definitely caught my attention and made me more intrigued to continue reading! I also really appreciate the message behind your blog. I feel like all of us latch on to being someone who everyone likes and ensuring that everyone speaks of us nicely. I think it's important to step back and ask ourselves if we feel like that about everyone else. Each and every one of us is bound to hold a grudge against someone or the other, and do we really like every person we come across? Whether we'd like to admit it or not, we don't. It would be a humongous lie to say that we did. I think having that epiphany helps us feel not sooo obliged to do what we think others would like or such. Giving you and your blog a 6/5!!

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