My first thought was about how to describe my personality. But then it occurred to me that describing yourself could also mean sharing what you look like.
Hmm.
Well. Most of you know what I look like, since I am not an anonymous blogger.
Since you know what I look like, we’ll go with the personality part of things, although if you’ve been reading me for years, you probably know most of this too.
I am:
- gentle
- non-confrontational
- a big picture-thinker (details are not my thing!)
- energetic
- pragmatic
- a homebody
- cheerful
- introverted (but friendly!)
- sensitive (this is good and bad in equal measure)
- a morning person
- a helper
- predictable (or boring, depending on how you see it)
- too concerned about what other people think
- too shy about saying what I want
- independent (mostly)
- a steady plodder (I am the tortoise, not the hare, which is why I’ve been blogging so long!)
- a hard worker
- not very good at relaxing
- practical (I hate debating ideas unless I see how they apply to my life)
- resilient (I do get knocked down, but I always get back up again eventually)
- a lover of quiet
And I don’t know how to phrase this as a bullet point, but I pay attention to and think a lot about what other people might need or might be feeling so that I can try to figure out what could help them feel better. Do they need a hug? encouragement? food? a smile? help with a problem?
I don’t know if there’s a bullet point word for that!
I would describe myself as creative. I read and write a lot and my wardrobe is very interesting! I’m very empathetic, I’m strongly tuned in emotions and am highly sensitive. My friends tell me I’m very kind and caring, and I try! I’m feminist and passionate about things I care about and am dedicated. I’m not a perfectionist but always ensure I do some yoga at least every couple of days. I think I have a good sense of humour and don’t take things too seriously. I have synesthesia (I think I read that you have that too, Kristen?) I love that part of myself!
Gosh, every time I read comments from you, I think how much you and Sonia would get along. You are two peas in a pod, even down to the yoga thing (Sonia does yoga in her room regularly!)
And yep, I do have synesthesia; the spatial type. 🙂
That’s so cool! Unlike Sonia, I can’t do any kind of sewing….it’s on my list of goals, but I’m not very good at fiddly things! I’m unsure what kind of synesthesia I have, but I assign colours to letters and numbers and see the year and timelines in a shape (like a calendar as a grid).
It sounds like you have spatial AND color synesthesia. I just have the spatial kind; all of the visuals I have in my head are just black and white.
I have some kind of synesthesia, too, and your blog (a few years ago) was the first time I had ever heard of it or known that other people had/did this, too! I read about it some at the time, but I wonder if you have any good links for newer readers, and for us old followers to look into it again? Thank you, and happy belated birthday, Kristen!
I don’t have any favorites; I’ve just googled “synesthesia” and read what comes up in the search results. 🙂
It’s so fun to read about!
Well I guess I know why you’re so relatable to me because you could have been describing my personality too! I like “predictable” but for me anyway, compared to most, I’m VERY boring!!
Love your blogs and thank goodness for me, you are a “steady plodder”.☺️
Sometimes, boring can be good because not all excitement is good excitement. 😉
This is kind of hard for me to do. I tend to describe myself internally in negative terms because I am judgmental (of myself mostly–I keep my judgments about other people to myself). So I guess that would be my first descriptor. Also impatient.
But! In the positive column! I am also practical and efficient. Clever and funny. Helpful and generous. Stoic and tough.
Very introverted, though I’m pretty good at talking to people even if I don’t know them (a direct result of a military childhood and moving every three years, I suspect). Sensitive to stimulation–visual, auditory, even smells can be annoying to me. (This is a real problem with four little kids in the house. 🙂
I’m a plodder, too. Which is also why I’ve also had a blog for 11 years and also kept the same sourdough and yogurt starter for years.
Just last week, we met a dog whose owner described her as calm and mellow, but watch out when she gets angry. My son turned to me and said Sounds just like you Mom! He’s not wrong. 😉 I am also very much an introvert and all about the details!