Questionnaire Answers

Last week, Daniella over at Dana Handmade posted her answers to this Proust questionnaire. I really enjoyed reading them and thought it would be so fun to play along!

The questions seemed a bit more serious than the ones you typically see in the about me questions (I love reading all types of those, no matter the questions!). Here are my attempts to answer these. The hard thing, I think, is I have more than one answer to many of these.

The Questions

1. My main trait – hopefully, kindness though I’m sure I don’t always succeed

2. The quality I want to meet in a man –already met one, ha. answer is honesty.

3. The quality I prefer in a woman – authenticity

4. What I value most in my friends –Do I have to say just one for these? honesty, authenticity, sense of humor, goes for the above 2 answers as well.

5. My main flaw –too many to narrow to one, struggle with criticism, not good at following rules, don’t like being told what to do, procrastination, I could go on…

6. My occupation favorite –I love my job, conversations, smiles, and hugs from 3-6 year olds are worth more than the highest salary of any corporate CEO

7. The happiness I dream of – Find it best to be happy with what I have where I am though I don’t always succeed

8. What would be my greatest misfortune –my family not knowing I love them

9. The place where I would like to live – I’m happy with where I live though I might not say no to a different part of the city or a slightly larger home.  

10. My favorite color – GREEN especially that of growing things. 

Dividing The Answers Here So I Get A Green Editing Smiley Face

11. The flower I like – I love all flowers, my favorites are lily-of-the-valley not planted in my garden because they’re poisonous to little cats.

12. The bird my favorite – I love most all the little outdoor birds but am partial to the chickadees and my hummingbirds.

13. My favorite prose writers –so many, depends on the genre really. This could be a separate post, stay tuned. Also, how about a confession? I’ve never read anything by Proust. Any suggestions?

14. My favorite poets –Maya Angelou, Robert Frost, not a huge poetry person

15. My favorite literary heroes –The Pevensies, Meg from A Wrinkle In Time, mind is a bit blank here

16. My favorite literary heroines –see above

17. My favorite composers – Mozart, Debussy, and Leroy Anderson among others. I am also partial to Blake Neely (he composes a lot of scores for television shows such as You, The Flash, Riverdale, etc.)  And of course, I grew up listening to Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev. Also, just for fun I am sharing a new (to me) piece I heard on the classical station just yesterday: Arthropod Suite by Jonathan Peters.

18. My favorite painters – I had a couple framed Picasso prints on my walls, Bouquet of Flowers and Dove of Peace when I lived alone, so still love those. Van Gogh, of course. And Monet. Not very good at this category…

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19. My favorite heroes in real life –as Mr. Rogers would say “the helpers” 

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”― Fred Rogers

20. What I hate the most –not a lot of hate but a long list of little annoyances, try not to dwell on them too much. Put your shopping cart away, be nice, personal space, don’t tailgate me, judge not lest you be judged!, and so on..

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21. The quality I wish I had from birth – more courage, just call me the Cowardly Lion 

22. How I would like to die –  while LIVING

23. The mistakes that inspire me the greatest indulgence – those from my youth perhaps? Honestly, I’m not entirely sure I understand this question properly.

24. My motto – first one is flat out stolen from my workplace, the 2 rules: be peaceful and show respect. Second one, heard somewhere and really liked it: be curious, not judgemental. 

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A copy of blank questions if you’d like to play along and I hope you will. I’d love to see your answers!

1. My main trait –

2. The quality I want to meet in a man –

3. The quality I prefer in a woman –

4. What I value most in my friends –

5. My main flaw –

6. My occupation favorite –

7. The happiness I dream of –

8. What would be my greatest misfortune –

9. The place where I would like to live –

10. My favorite color –

11. The flower I like –

12. The bird my favorite –

13. My favorite prose writers –

14. My favorite poets –

15. My favorite literary heroes –

16. My favorite literary heroines –

17. My favorite composers –

18. My favorite painters –

19. My favorite heroes in real life –

20. What I hate the most –

21. The quality I wish I had from birth –

22. How I would like to die –

23. The mistakes that inspire me the greatest indulgence –

24. My motto –

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Day 87/365