I mean, at this point it goes without saying that “me, myself, and I” is going to be the answer to pretty much every daily prompt. It wouldn’t be very on brand of me to do anything else.
To be honest, I don’t really know what a brand is. I think it has something to do with having a product that is recognizable and trusted and to mean something to people. And if that is correct, then I suppose that I really am currently in the process of building a brand of myself for myself.
My understanding is that the word as we currently understand it comes from the process of burning a symbol onto the flank of cattle so that they could be recognized as belonging to a specific rancher. Enslaved people throughout history (and most recently in the US era of slavery) have been branded. I fear that our modern use of the term “brand” erases that awful history.
Well, I was quite keen to delve into this term “brand” and how it relates to my current religion of the self and getting to know myself. But full disclosure, I’m about two weeks post final radiation treatment and I’m in a fair amount of pain and discomfort. In addition to the fatigue. It’s making it rather hard to sit up and type on the computer. So, I’m going to hit publish, hydrate, and take a break. And that, friends, is very on-brand.
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