- [x] Set timer for 20 minutes - [x] Start writing When displaying identity, what drives my choices? What is the interaction between how I see myself and how I want to be seen. This question, "What do I want my learners to say about me?" is _so very well_ followed by "And how do I want to get there?" Sean Snow at Grappone Toyota has his BAA Marathon medal hanging by his desk. It is both a sense of pride and identity, and also a nudge for him to live up to his identity. How will he move just a little more towards being the thing he wants to be? What is my identity? How is my identity displayed? What does it say about me in the _ways that I display it?_ There's the performative, culturally normed ways of displaying it (what do I own, wear, eat) and the "hidden curriculum" displays. For example, am I displaying my climberness by wearing approach shoes to work? Or am I displaying my climberness by my ring tattoo, my mismatched socks, and my slightly worn pants? Would a carabiner tattoo be more or less climberly than the ring tattoo? What about a writer's identity? There are many cultural norms around what you own (mechanical typewriter, etc.) that define your "looking" like a writer, what about just what you produce? So, let's put this into action: Family man: am I doing the work? thinking about last year, going to Lyle twice in his moments of need, helping Ellye move, these are big moves that say "Yes." How does this compare to the more superficial (and now fungible) family "photo" that gets sent out. What is it "being" vs "showing?" Emergency Physician: