{"id":192,"date":"2022-02-10T19:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T00:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liaesposito.com\/streamingconsciousness\/?p=192"},"modified":"2022-02-13T19:24:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T00:24:21","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liaesposito.com\/streamingconsciousness\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s My Business Card"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Who is Lia Esposito?<\/h2>\n

An introduction to the woman behind Streaming Consciousness<\/h3>\n

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My mom loves to tell the story of when I was in first grade, and my teacher told her I might need to get my hearing checked because I would ask her to repeat the question even as I was making eye contact. My mom asked her, \u201cWas she paying attention, though?\u201d By this point, my mom knew I had a hyperactive imagination. I could be sitting in a room and unassumingly be swept away, lost in my thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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My mom also knew I had a gift of communicating from a young age. I was never a shy kid; I danced and sang in the supermarket and drew attention to myself wherever I went. My parents always talked to me as if I was someone with independent thoughts and let me ask why things were the way they were. They created an environment where I was encouraged to express my thoughts and feelings. My Achilles heel was that I was just as talkative as my imagination was active; my progress <\/span>reports throughout my educational career often repeated the phrase: \u201ca little too talkative.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At my core, I am a communicator with an active imagination. Since the first day of college orientation, I have kept a journal, and it is fun to re-read those entries and see my growth. \u201cGrowth\u201d has been on my mind a lot recently. I am in a transition period as I am in the last semester of my senior year and am looking to see what the future holds. I am also reflecting on the previous metaphoric chapter I wrote since I am currently at a cliffhanger; the character development, subplots, new characters and new objectives. I am not entirely sure what genre I would call it either. I mean the whole global pandemic twist I did not see coming. I want to challenge myself in this quest for growth and become the best version of myself I can be. I am continuing to find ways to test my comfort zone.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, why am I telling you all this? To be honest, I am not really sure. I have to admit I was a bit skeptical about it at first. I never saw myself writing a blog. Yet, the more I thought about the idea, the more confident I got because I wanted to collect my thoughts in one place. I also have to give credit to Gary Kayye<\/a><\/span>, a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill and a big advocate for personal branding and blogging. The age of social media forces us to live our lives online. Maybe there are no real credentials you need to be a blogger. This is a new place for me to find my voice. Just please don\u2019t tell my mom I am a little too talkative.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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