I just got my steemdollars for my introduce yourself post. It was $12.

Hi, my name is Laura Lemons.

I felt like a bit of a loser when I looked at all the other intros and pretty much every one was garnering more steem than mine. After analyzing theirs vs mine I realized it came down to a problem that I have faced my entire life. I over-share.

My steemit intro included information about my abusive childhood, the news that my best friend died recently, and I think even mentioned my chronic illness. These things are all stuff I want to blog about but did they really need to be included in my introduction? Shouldn't people have the choice of knowing they are about to read about some heavy shit? Why can't I ever just keep it simple? Maybe I need to use that, what's it called, acronym KISS, in my everyday life.

Let's try this again, don't worry I won't use the tag

Hi, my name is Laura Lemons and I am a passionate artist, a once avid but now casual gamer, and a silly girl who likes wearing fuzzy ears, tails, and onesies, and blowing bubbles. I also have started collecting vintage toys from my childhood. I started with Betty-Spaghettis and am going to move onto polly pockets, and tamogatchis. ...I might be a little but I haven't explored that yet! Wait, is that over-sharing?! D: AM I INCAPABLE OF NOT OVER-SHARING?

Hi, my name is Laura Lemons and I have no filter.

I am not sure what the conclusion of this blog is or if it will change anything at all about how I present myself in the future. I may at least try to go lighter on the heavy stuff right away and maybe shine some light on my talents, hobbies, passions, and positive characteristics. Perhaps, I need to stop letting the trauma of my past define me and keep myself from unknowingly (until now) letting my past make the first impression, instead of myself.

-Laura Lemons
(a lovable, passionate, whimsical, eccentric, fun-loving, bubble-blowing, sorta-gamer)