I saw this article (http://www.marcandangel.com/2011/12/04/95-questions-to-help-you-find-meaning-and-happiness/), and I suppose I'm searching for some meaning, so I'm taking out the time to answer these questions and reflect:
"The questions below will help you with this process. Because when it comes to finding meaning in life, asking the right questions is the answer."
- In one sentence, who are you? I am a womyn that is constantly inspired to do more in life by people, by stories, and by quotes.
- Why do you matter? Because my mom spent many long hard years raising me, so I have to matter or make myself matter.
- What is your life motto? Love makes the world go round.
- What’s something you have that everyone wants? Supportive family and friends
- What is missing in your life? A stable guy
- What’s been on your mind most lately? Relationships
- Happiness is a ________? temporary feeling. It comes and goes with new achievements, new experiences, new challenges, new stressors, and situations you can't control.
- What stands between you and happiness? Full-time work
- What do you need most right now? A friend to push me out of my comfort zone and to challenge me. and consistent relationships.
- What does the child inside you long for? Cuddling.
- What is one thing right now that you are totally sure of? my purpose in life
- What’s been bothering you lately? figuring out my purpose in life
- What are you scared of? Being abandoned or left by someone who means a lot to me
- What has fear of failure stopped you from doing? Writing a book
- What will you never give up on? family
- What do you want to remember forever? what people have done for me
- What makes you feel secure? cuddling and/or holding hands
- Which activities make you lose track of time? going on my laptop
- What’s the most difficult decision you’ve ever made? staying in So Cal or moving to Nor Cal
- What’s the best decision you’ve ever made? 1. I studied abroad. 2. I forgave someone
- What are you most grateful for? good relationships
- What is worth the pain? exercise
- In order of importance, how would you rank: happiness, money, love,health, fame? love, health, happiness, money, fame
- What is something you’ve always wanted, but don’t yet have? husband
- What was the most defining moment in your life during this past year? My top 2 would have to be the Narrows hike in Utah and telling a guy I liked him
- What’s the number one change you need to make in your life in the next twelve months? exercise more consistently
- What’s the number one thing you want to achieve in the next five years? see more of the world
- What is the biggest motivator in your life right now? The feeling that I want something different...which means I have to do something different
- What will you never do? cocaine
- What’s something you said you’d never do, but have since done? have an on and off relationship
- What’s something new you recently learned about yourself? My friend pointed out that I'm not as happy with my life and job as I make myself out to be, and he's right.
- What do you sometimes pretend to understand that you really do not? politics
- In one sentence, what do you wish for your future self? find a passion
- What worries you most about the future? that I won't be able to cook yummy dishes for my kids
- When you look into the past, what do you miss most? I miss living abroad in Vietnam
- What’s something from the past that you don’t miss at all? midterms and finals with questions testing for minute details that I'll never use in the real world
- What recently reminded you of how fast time flies? When I saw a church friend at a wedding...before I left for college, he was a kid, and now he's all grown up and calling me old.
- What is the biggest challenge you face right now? knowing what to do to make a change in life
- In one word, how would you describe your personality? honest
- What never fails to frustrate you? boys that like me that I don't like back
- What are you known for by your friends and family? a nice girl
- What’s something most people don’t know about you? I have a hard time trusting people that hold a neutral opinion all the time and people that are too smooth with their words
- What’s a common misconception people have about you? that I won't voice my opinions
- What’s something a lot of people do that you disagree with? I disagree with people not putting the donate sticker on their drivers license to donate their organs to someone who can use them after their death
- What’s a belief you hold with which many people disagree? the need to forgive
- What’s something that’s harder for you than it is for most people? reaching a top shelf
- What are the top three qualities you look for in a friend? honesty, generosity, someone willing to go out of their way for friends
- If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow that person to be your friend? forever
- When you think of ‘home,’ what, specifically, do you think of? family, college roommates, and close friends
- What’s the most valuable thing you own? family
- If you had to move 3000 miles away, what would you miss most? friends
- What would make you smile right now? a good joke or an appreciative comment
- What do you do when nothing else seems to make you happy? I sit in my car and listen to music on radio or on CDs
- What do you wish did not exist in your life? bad intentions
- What should you avoid to improve your life? negativity
- What is something you would hate to go without for a day? talking to people
- What’s the biggest lie you once believed was true? My kindergarten teacher read us a story about the Tooth Fairy, and I thought he/she was real
- What’s something bad that happened to you that made you stronger? breaking up with a boyfriend and learning to cope and get over it
- What’s something nobody could ever steal from you? knowledge and experience
- What’s something you disliked when you were younger that you truly enjoy today? watching the news
- What are you glad you quit? my job screening seniors for depression
- What do you need to spend more time doing? reading
- What are you naturally good at? writing, especially business emails apparently
- What have you been counting or keeping track of recently? days I haven't been intimate
- What has the little voice inside your head been saying lately? it's telling me to sleep more
- What’s something you should always be careful with? investing your time
- What should always be taken seriously? work
- What should never be taken seriously? complaints that people never want to do anything about
- What are three things you can’t get enough of? cuddling with someone I'm attracted to, enjoying the taste of different foods, and listening to music in my car
- What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you? walk around and sleep naked
- What fascinates you? people analyzing people and why they are the way they are and why they make the choices that they do
- What’s the difference between being alive and truly living? your drive to wake up in the morning and start a beautiful blessed day and your appreciation that each day is a gift from God
- What’s something you would do every day if you could? I would wake up to a person that l love that loves me just as much
- At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive? Earlier this year when I was into improving the printing company, reading, and hanging out with friends
- Which is worse, failing or never trying? NEVER TRYING for sure!
- What makes you feel incomplete? sex with someone who doesn't want to pursue a longer relationship with me
- When did you experience a major turning point in your life? when I moved to Berkeley for college and then when I studied abroad in Vietnam for the first time
- What or who do you wish you lived closer to? 2 friends in NY and a friend in SF and a friend in Sacramento
- If you had the opportunity to get a message across to a large group of people, what would your message be? ""Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. There is no smaller package in all the world than that of a man all wrapped up in himself."
– William Sloane Coffin - What’s something you know you can count on? my mom
- What makes you feel comfortable? soft, furry blankets
- What’s something about you that has never changed? my height
- What will be different about your life in exactly one year? I'll have more new experiences
- What mistakes do you make over and over again? trying to be with someone who doesn't want to be with me in the long run
- What do you have a hard time saying “no” to? friends asking for favors and rides and money
- Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing? settling for and finding the best in what I'm doing
- What’s something that used to scare you, but no longer does? going to the garage at night to do laundry
- What promise to yourself do you still need to fulfill? I need to buy my friend a coat for NY's winter
- What do you appreciate most about your current situation? that I am close to my family
- What’s something simple that makes you smile? when my friend looks at me and looks away and then looks at me again and looks away
- So far, what has been the primary focus of your life? society work (over domestic work)
- How do you know when it’s time to move on? when it becomes unhealthy for you to stay
- What’s something you wish you could do one more time? hike the narrows in Utah
- When you’re 90-years-old, what will matter to you the most? relationships with family and friends
- What would you regret not fully doing, being, or having in your life? not letting myself fall in love
