About Me — Edward John

I’m not who you think I am. But I’m probably not who I think I am either.

Image by Sammy-Sander from Pixabay. Edited with Canva.

I use a pen name here, for the same reason Zulie Rane does — I want the freedom to write about personal things without friends and family reading it. But I go a step further than Zulie — that’s not even a photo of me. I’m older than the man in that stock photo probably is, but I look younger. I’m 43 but I look about 23.

Some quick facts about me:

• I meditate every day using the NSR method — it’s basically a cheaper version of Transcendental Meditation.
• For over 2 years I led an outdoor mindfulness group as an experiment, even though I wasn’t sure what I was doing.
• I don’t believe in free will.
• I once dated someone with Paranoid Schizophrenia.
• I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome in 2012.
• I don’t like social media and smartphones.
• On a first date, she leaned over and spat on the floor.
• In my 20s, I made 8 CDs of electronic music in 3 years.
• I once had some of my photos included in a magazine.
• I enjoy using predictive text to write silly stories.