Writing about myself

Sometimes, I really don't like writing about myself. To show someone else the kind of person I am, I'd rather just meet them in person. In writing about myself, I am forced to think about how someone else might view me. Writing does not carry the uniquely personal set of emotions, quirks, and genuine responses that can be communicated through speech. I worry about the image of myself that I convey to them, as reflected in my writing, overqualified or underqualified. In writing as such, I communicate not who I am but who I think I am--my self image. It is part of human nature to value others' opinions about you, which frames how you communicate yourself. Thus, writing about oneself is a test of writing ability and self-assessment rather than a true measure of one's personality.
I feel more comfortable talking about something other than myself, maybe something that I learned. This draws the attention away from myself, away from the author, and toward a given topic. Most couldn't care less about who wrote an article, as long as they get the answers they need. Your writing does not shape others' opinions about you, but rather on the topic you write about. Perhaps in the time that college essay readers take to read through a candidate's application, they may as well schedule a brief video conference to see what the individual is like in real life, which adds significantly more value to the application than several paragraphs that, for all you know, may not even be genuine. Anyway, those are just some of my thoughts on writing about myself!