I read a post at one of my favorite blogs the other day about the difficulties of describing yourself in six words. My thought was,” I’m pretty quiet, a woman of few words, this should be simple for me.” I decided upon:
Grateful. Wife. Mother. Daughter. Sister. Friend
Then I looked at what I had put down on the paper and thought,” How boring, how generic, there has to be more to me than that!”
I pondered the question for a while and came up with:
Grateful. Creative. Sensitive. Shy. Loyal. Optimistic.
As I looked at the two sets of words I had written, I realized that the first group sums up all of the roles I play in my life and the second group really describes who I am. I also realized that it doesn’t matter if you have a lot to say or if you’re the silent type, it’s hard to describe yourself in six little words!
writethejourney said,
November 16, 2008 at 12:00 am
What a lovely post (and a lovely site)! Thanks for sharing such a lovely exercise. I may have to give it a try.