Who is Katherine?

I have chosen to go by an alias in my blog; Katherine.

Why? I don’t know really. I mean, it’s not like a whole bunch of people are reading this, and it’s not as if I am going to be writing anything that I don’t want to be associated with.

I guess, for me, the reason I chose to slap a different name in the title is two-fold. I first wanted to remind myself to be objective. I want to be personal and true to myself of course, and by no means do I want to become detached from my writing. But I want to look and learn about the world and myself without my preconceptions bogging me down (although a little bogging down is, ultimately, inevitable). I want to be personal, but universally applicable.

The second reason I am going by an alias is to remind myself who I want to be in the future. I love myself, I really do. However I am a believer that there is always room for improvement. We can all be a little kinder, patient, dedicated, etc. I may not always know who I want to be, but I do know who I don’t want to be. When I write, I don’t want to lie. I don’t want to betray my beliefs. I don’t want to write fearing what other people will think. I don’t want to hold back. Katherine proves that there is another side of me, a better side that I sometimes lose track of. She is, in short, me at my best.