You know what’s wild? I’ve written 344 articles on this website, but the hardest thing to write has always been my About page.
Seven years ago, I was a wounded man entering middle age who felt like the world’s biggest fake. My website sat there with a blank About page – a digital monument to my shame. I couldn’t tell you who I was because I didn’t know.
For years ChrisFrolic.com was dedicated to my comedy hypnosis shows, but when I stopped doing them (in 2011) I had nothing to replace it with, so I made it a blank page.
I didn’t honor my past achievements, and I didn’t speak of my current one (StealthSeminar.com), because I actively felt like a fake.
The site remained blank for seven years, a very apt metaphor for how I was feeling in the world, until finally I started to pull myself out of that dark place I had been in.
That blank space became the most important part of my story.
Every week, I’d write another article, asking myself “What do I need to say right now?” Not what I should say. What I NEED to say.
For the first year, I didn’t even have an email subscription. Then I created one, and for a year or two I had no more than 25 subscribers. Some of you have been a part of that ever since then. I still kept going, kept writing.
Finally, when I was around 100 subscribers I declared that that would be all I needed. 100 witnesses to my story.
Because I wasn’t “chasing clout” that kept my posts and articles pure.
My website hasn’t been a website – it’s been a living document of my transformation. Every edit of my About page has been another layer of me stepping into who I really am.
I just updated it again. This version feels different. This version feels like the culmination of the last seven years. I feel pride for it. If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll be familiar with the story as I’ve continued to iterate and this is the latest, most complete version, and only required 680 words.
I want you, my Frolic 100, to read it.
There are 2 ways:
- Click this link to read it for yourself.
- Click this link to watch me (on YouTube) read it myself.
I’m not so much curious about what you thought of it, but how it made you feel? It would be a gift if you share that with me.
That’s usually where the transformation happens.
Where in your life are you leaving blank pages? What story are you not telling because you’re afraid it might be true?
-Chris
