Fame was never an outcome that interested me. Years ago, I made a list of the things I wanted and the tradeoffs I was willing to make to get there. Health, freedom, and money meant the most to me. Fame and status were at the bottom of the list (or so I claimed).
Over time, however, I’ve noticed an uptick in my Twitter activity. A lot of it is because I genuinely enjoy using Twitter; it hosts interesting content created by interesting people. But some of my activity must be a drive for fame, an inherent urge for status.
I say to myself that I don’t want to be in the news. I don’t even want to have 100k followers. But I have to wonder… am I fooling myself? If I obtain fame, will I modify my story and relish the situation?