I have been nominated by the lovely and amazing Aishlinn aka for a two in one challenge. First the #steemitnamechallenge where I reveal the Solarsupermama origin story. Then 5 things you probably don't know about me. I love these kinds of things. I love learning more about who people are and what makes them tick. I am always interested in the inner workings.
I'm a capricorn. As such I am incredibly straightforward. From the beginning all my email addresses have been some variation of my name. Any social media account has always been under my real name or the name of one of my businesses. I've never had the inkling to change my name. I'm just a practical kind of gal. In fact I never changed my name when I got married partly because I think that's bullshit but also because it's such a pain in the ass. Go change all my documents and cards. Um? No thanks.
Also, I'm a superhero, see? Well, supervillain, whatever. Same thing. That's me on the left and my daughter in the middle.
I also don't really hide much or hold much back. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I say what I think and am pretty quick to share my beliefs. I'm rarely suspicious, and I'm pretty sure I'm not important enough to have the government or whatever other boogeyman watching me. Of course I've always known nearly all governments and large corporations are up to horribly nefarious stuff, but I doubted they were concerned with me.
It appears I may have been mistaken. Worst of all my brother was right about Facebook. Perhaps I should have created a secret identity long ago. I still don't honestly think they're after me specifically. I'm way under the radar and little threat to anyone. On top of that, I believe some of this secret identity is little more than the little masks the Incredibles put on. Are we really hiding anything from entities that really, really want to know. I always feel if someone wants to find you and figure out what you're up to, they will, especially if they have loads of money.
You can't see me!!
My story is pretty simple and straightforward, like me. A little over a year ago, I joined a team of people who refer homeowners and business owners to local and regional solar power providers and get a referral fee in exchange. My friend who started the team named it Warren's Solar Superheroes, so I immediately began to refer to myself as the SolarSuperMama. When I started on steemit, I thought one of my main goals would be to spread the word about my solar business, so I stuck with the name. I quickly became more fascinated by other aspects of steemit, but I'm happy with the name still, and I think it sounds cool.
My real name is Kristin Harling, and if I were to change my steemit name, it would probably be that. My nickname is Lucy, so something related to that might be an option. Being in Belize is definitely something that stands me out in a crowd, so there could be a Belize thrown in there.
Now, for five things you don't know about me. This could really be quite easy because I know almost zero people on here in real life. For example I could probably put the color of my eyes as one of the five and have that count. However, I'm gonna give a go at being a bit more creative than that. Oddly enough, I talk a fair amount on here about dark bits of my past and my deepest desires and beliefs, so that makes it a little more challenging.
I want a pirate ship.
Well, I hope that was interesting for you. Now I'm nominating 5. If you wanna go for it, do it. No pressure, though, and I apologize if you already did it, and I missed it!
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