Since Jenn is the boss of me, I have to do what she does. Not always, but kind of mostly. :) And since she ripped off Mel, I'm gonna rip off both of them and be a cool kid like they are, by doing the 5-Star Challenge. This is my favorite kind of meme: it's all about me.
Over five days, I have to write about:
Five things you love about yourself.
Five things your body can do.
Five things you’re grateful for.
Five things that make you happy you’re alive.
Five people (or pets) who you love.
Day One: Five Things I Love About Myself
1. I am really fun. Like more fun that a barrel of monkeys. More fun than a barrel of drunk monkeys playing Beastie Boys' songs. It makes me happy that being around me makes other people happy.
2. I read a lot of books. They are awesome books, sometimes trashy-but-wonderful vampire fiction, sometimes classic British novels, sometimes ancient rhetoric texts, sometimes juvenile fiction, sometimes non-fiction. I spend most of my leisure time reading, and that's all I am going to do this summer.
3. I am content with what I have, even when what I have changes. Yes, I occasionally need to break out of my routine and have an adventure, but I am pretty laid back about my life. I think that I could be happy almost anywhere under almost any circumstances because I enjoy the moment I am in without looking ahead more than pleases me. I'm not much of a worrier, and I am always right when I assume that things will turn out okay in the end.
4. I am really good at people. I can almost always figure out what they are thinking, what they are going to do, what they mean by a statement or question, and how to deal with them, and I can do that really, really quickly.
5. Closely related to number 4 is that I am a really good teacher. I can determine where people are tripped up, how to explain something to them, how to break down a complicated concept, and how to support them so they get it themselves. This skill is not related to subject matter; given a little time to familiarize myself with a topic, I could teach anything.
See you tomorrow with a list of 5 things my body can do. You won't want to miss that one. ;)
5/4/11
