Definitions.

As humans we have a huge need to define and label everything around us and also our selves. One of the first thing we label people after is sex. It is very disturbing for most people if they meet a person that they can not define as man or woman straight away. Among the other main labels we give major importance we have ethnicity, nationality, age, line of work and civil status. I would say that most big crisis we encounter happens when we become insecure about how to label ourselves regarding to one of these things.

I've reached a point where I don't know what to answer to the question "what do you do?". Sure I can say that I'm unemployed, that's true. But it's not a good enough answer, not for the person asking, and more importantly not to me. When I started to form my identity I was a student. Then I was a book store employee for some years before I became a student again. While finishing my studies I became a marketing coordinator. And now I am nothing. I am not a marketing coordinator, and more importantly I don't want to be. So what am I? I am done with my studies, I have my Masters of Arts, so I can no longer be a student. I don't know exactly where to go from here. I am trying to find a path that seems good. With time I will. But not knowing how to define myself is hard and also sometimes stressful.