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Q&A Writing about oneself objectively

I was recently updating some of my Stack Exchange profiles and I remembered how much I hate writing about myself. It isn't just Stack Exchange profiles either. It's resume cover letters. It's colle...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by AGirlHasNoName‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:41:22Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/44530
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar AGirlHasNoName‭ · 2019-12-08T11:41:22Z (about 5 years ago)
I was recently updating some of my Stack Exchange profiles and I remembered how much I hate writing about myself. It isn't just Stack Exchange profiles either. It's resume cover letters. It's college application personal statements. It's blog and book jacket blurbs. It isn't the easiest thing in the world to come up with good things to say about myself and then when I do I have to be careful not to come off as arrogant. Now, I'm not asking for help overcoming my personal neurosis, but rather **is there is an approach that will help me be objective when writing about myself and allow me to evaluate what to leave in and what to leave out?**

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-04-10T01:22:13Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 6