What do I call myself?
- kjsperl
- Mar 17, 2019
- 1 min read

In an on-line conversation with a home owner recently, we were discussing her needs as a home owner and if I could fulfill them as a house sitter. House sitting is a part of my new life. I live in stranger's homes while they go on vacation, caring for their home, plants, and pets. I travel to my next “gig” in a converted cargo van, free-camping as much as possible. I do not have a home base, for the moment. She asked if I owned a home. I answered that I did not. She responded that she was uncomfortable leaving the care of her home and dogs to an “itinerant..” She had made a value judgment as to my character based on stuff I owned. In general, people need to place others in “buckets” It helps them to characterize people. Go to a party, and the first question asked is “what do you do?” not “who are you?” In my “new normal” which bucket do I belong in? how do I refer to myself? Being a cancer survivor was never a goal of mine. Being free to be me always has been. Cancer has given me permission. I will refer to myself as “me!” I'm my very own “bucket!”
well..I would call you awesome!