Your public identity is often the first impression people have of you. Whether they are potential employers, college admissions teams, coaches, teachers, classmates or someone else, nowadays everyone can get a picture of who you are publicly without ever speaking to you personally. It's the world we live in, and it isn't changing anytime soon.

Identifying our purpose and vision are great, but do our public lives align with that vision right now? Crafting a professional resume is super important, but so is knowing what our social media pages reveal about us. Curating a top-notch LinkedIn profile will prove to be extremely valuable, as long as the rest of our public identity matches the picture we paint on that platform.

For this Connecting the Pieces Journal we want you to consider what your public identity already is, and reflect on how comfortable you are with the amount of information about you that is readily available to anyone with an internet connection.

TASKS

1) "Google" yourself. Review the search results for the "all" and "images" search.

2) Scan the results and see what anyone can find out about your life.

3) Write a 400-500 word reflection about how the results made you feel.

Are you comfortable with your public identity right now? Why or Why not?
What parts of your life are readily available for anyone to see? Are these the most important parts of your life?
What parts of your life don't come back in the search results? Why might this be?
Is there anything you plan to change about your online activity/presence now that you know what can be easily found? Why or Why Not? Be specific.