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Note to Self

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4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2015

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Tips from a professional online profile ghostwriter. Because of course that's a thing.

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0:00.0	I'm a new summer Odie and this is WNYC's Note To Self.
0:07.0	I don't want anybody else weighing in on whether this picture is cuter-knife.
0:12.0	The show where you and I find balance in the digital age.
0:16.0	And I'm calling to describe what I feel to be an impending doom.
0:20.0	And I just said, you know what? That's it, no phones.
0:23.0	And figure out how to manage modern life.
0:28.0	Welcome to another question of note where we take your questions and we find an answer.
0:34.0	So I'm just wondering what's the answer?
0:37.0	Ah, so, okay, I could do some help.
0:40.0	Oh.
0:43.0	Here's a question from Katie Shepherd in Oakland, California.
0:48.0	I feel I have to fill out so many online profiles linked in, okay, cupid, coffee meets bagel.
0:54.0	I really struggle with how much information to share about myself.
0:58.0	On the one hand, I want to stand out and be true to myself.
1:01.0	On the other, I don't want to freak and I want to go beyond boundaries.
1:07.0	How do you figure out a balance?
1:09.0	Has anyone found any formal rules about this and can help?
1:14.0	Okay, it's so true.
1:16.0	Expressing yourself online is so hard.
1:20.0	So to help Katie and anyone out there who doesn't want to sound generic online
1:25.0	but also doesn't want to freak people out, we have a professional profile writer.
1:30.0	Lisa.
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