Committing to the Bit: A History

This all started with an image that was taken of me my Sophmore year of highschool. I forgot about it for a while until I needed a picture of me on rather short notice for an assignment. It was the only image I could find, and for some reason it was really funny to me. Something about the poor quality, the image being slightly stretched, the mediocore outfit, it gives off what I can only decribe as "mormon energy".

An image of a man in a suit and tie

After that I used the image for anything that required an image of me. Eventually, when I made an Instagram account to stay connected with my friends, I once again used the image. I can't exactly remember why, but in 2023 I announced that it was "talk like a pirate day" (yes that's a real holiday), and from there every once and a while I would announce whatever obscure holiday it was that day.

Same image of the man, this time edited with a pirate hat

I've been doing this for years at this point, and this stupid joke has wrapped around from being ironic to now being sincere. I understand that this comes off as silly, and I mean no disrespect by making this my website, but this "hobby" truely does mean something to me.

Same image of the man, accompanied with a cruedly drawn image of a bird, along with the text &quotHappy National Draw a Bird Day" The button seems to do nothing, but perhaps you are not believing enough

...But thats not the whole story, I have to admit that I don't really have many accomplishments in life. I spent much of my life being directionless, trying to slip by unnoticed because it felt like the "safest option". I had extreme trouble commiting to anything, and I still haven't nailed down quite why I am this way, but I am trying to fix it. It's only recently that I've been trying to get more out of life, so unfortunately, I don't have much to show for myself. But over the years, this one stupid joke has been one of the few things that I have managed to truely commit myself to, and it motivates me to do more. If I can dedicate myself to this small bit, I can dedicate myself to larger projects. This keeps me motivated, and is what really made me decide to stop trying to be invisible.