The whole concept of writing a resume is…weird. Its purpose is to display your professional life on a piece of paper, hoping it will catch the attention of an HR person or impress someone with hiring authority to grant you an interview. How can you articulate or express “you” in writing? The process of sitting in front of your computer, reflecting on all the years you’ve worked or studied, and trying to find pieces that fit into your resume—and align with the job description you’re applying for—can be hard for most people, especially those who are desperate to find a job or have been stuck in a position for a while.

You go back in time, collecting memories, thinking about the time you were in that position at that company, how much you’ve learned, the colleagues you met and hung out with every day but no longer talk to, and how you thought to yourself, “Is this all there is?” late at night in an empty office as you went down to the basement to your bike alone. You recall the projects you finished—or didn’t finish—the then-girlfriend you thought you’d spend the rest of your life with but are now strangers, and the time you had to work in the hospital because your mom was sick and you had to take care of her. Now here you are, sitting in front of a screen, reflecting on your professional life, trying to impress someone you’ve never met to get a job. You feel like you have went through so much, yet so little.

If you feel like you haven’t done enough, writing a resume can be humbling.

If you have a stacked resume that would easily impress anyone, writing a resume can be a wake-up call to pay more attention to other areas of your life, like your health or family.

If you don’t know what to write on your resume, get up and do something about it—impress yourself.

What would you want your resume to look like? Write a resume you can be proud of. Be content with who you are, you are more than what you write for your job.