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Know ThySelf

Discovering my future, by learning about the past and understanding its affects on my present.

Estella Writes
5 min readNov 2, 2022

My day job is all about b2b sales and account management. I spend much of that time positioning the company I work for as the industry standard for trust, reliability, and excellent quality of service(Best In Class: fill in the blank). My passion has been and will probably always be understanding how the environment and external inputs affect a person.

However, in my quest to understand how society affects a person’s behavior and outcomes, I found myself wandering down the halls of the past. This evolved to trying to understand society’s inputs that I personally receive, that have made me, me.

I am curious about nature, and I love to explore places, foods, cultures, and people who are new to me. I love creating new experiences for myself or shared experiences. I think I get that from my momma.

This gives me the excuse to always be learning, and never think that I have to be the expert in life (unless I am at work, then I am the expert or find someone who is). I can go around and learn new things, be teachable and never feel ashamed if I don’t have all the answers, nor will I allow someone externally to place that burden on me to have all the answers. It allows me the freedom to always be…

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Estella Writes
Estella Writes

Written by Estella Writes

Storyteller, Savant, Military Brat, Wife, & Mom; I love the planet & the people who share the world with me. Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/jegail as well.

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