1. What’s one thing that’s happened to you that has made you a stronger person? I think having to live alone has made me a stronger person. It has made me more independent and it has forced me to see the things that are important in life. I am getting better at balancing life and making sure no single thing takes over my life.
2. What’s one thing that’s happened to you in your life that made you feel weak? I think I feel the weakest when someone close to me is struggling and there is nothing I can do to make it better. I want to help them all so they never struggle but that is not possible. There are some things that you cannot fix you can just be there to listen.
3. Where is one place you feel most like yourself? My apartment has become my place where I feel like me. I am not putting on a show or trying to impress anyone. I am just able to relax and do things that make me happy and help me relax. I am able to do things on my own terms.
4. Where is your favorite place to escape to? My favorite place to escape is often just to a room by myself. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the people around me so I need time to be by myself.
5. Who do you think has had the largest influence on the person you are today? My mom has had the largest influence on the person I am today. My mom is a person who will always put others first. She will forgo things for herself to provide for others or to give us something we want. My mom is selfless and if I am half the mom she is I will have some lucky kids.
6. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be? I would change my weight in a heartbeat. It is something I have been uncomfortable with for a long time. In this past month, I have been actively trying to make positive changes. I have been trying to be careful of what I eat and make sure I am making an effort to be active every day.
7. If you had one day left to live, what would you do first? I think I would want to make sure to tell all the people I care about how I feel. I would never want to leave the earth with someone I love unsure of how I feel about them.
8. What decade do you feel you most belong in? I feel like I belong in the 1990s. This may be a weird decade to pick, but I liked that the world as a whole was less tense. I love that there was ease of communication and travel. I also like that everyone was not as connected as they are today. I think it is ridiculous to see how young children are already constantly on technology.
9. Who are you closest to in your family? Why? I think I am the closest to my mom. We have always been fairly close and I like spending time with her. It is nice to know that you always have someone in your corner who is also willing, to tell the truth. I am also close to my brother, but that relationship has gotten closer as we have gotten older.
10. Who is the one person in this world that knows you best? I think my mom or my best friend, Karlee, know me the best. They are both pretty awesome and I know I can trust them both. Here is the link to Karlee's Blog.
11. What is your favorite quality about your best friend? I think my favorite quality is that she just gets me. She can tell how I am feeling from a look or a text. She also can detect my sarcasm over text because she knows me that well. We think very similarly and are super alike, but somehow we can spend all of our time together and never get upset.
12. When you were younger what did you think you were going to be when you grew up? From the time I was little until 8th grade I thought I was going to be a teacher. Then in high school, I looked into other careers, but ultimately came back to teaching and that is what I am doing now.
13. If you could identify with one fictional character (from a book, show, or movie) who would it be? I cannot just pick one character. I think the reason I enjoy reading so much because I am always able to connect to at least one character. Reading is so enjoyable because I always find a little piece of myself in a character. I am willing to follow the story and always hope for the happy ending because that is what I would want.
14. Do you easily accept compliments? Or do you hate compliments? I feel like I am in between these two. I really wish I could say I easily accept compliments and from some people, I can do this. Often times when I receive a compliment I worry that it is not genuine and why they are offering this compliment. It is probably something I should work on but there is always a small piece of self-doubt.
15. Is your favorite attribute about yourself physical or non-physical? My favorite attribute about myself is my self-motivation and drive. When I am put my mind to something I will work hard to accomplish it. I am able to set a to-do list and complete it. I am very organized and am able to keep myself on track to get things done.
16. What is your favorite physical attribute about yourself? My favorite physical attribute about myself is my eyes. I have blue eyes and I just think they are pretty.
17. What is your favorite non-physical attribute about yourself? See question 15.
18. Do you believe in love at first sight? I do not. I believe in physical attraction at first sight. I also believe that there are people who just click when they first meet. But I think that love is a choice you make every day. You work for it and you put in an effort to show the person how much you care. You want to stand beside them at their best to celebrate and at their worst to support. Nothing about that is easy or effortless.
19. Do you believe in soul mates? I think that God knows the person you are going to marry. I think He is writing your story. I think He will bring the person into your life when it is time for you to meet.
20. How seriously do you take horoscopes? I do not take them seriously at all. I think that they are general statements that you could see in your life.
21. Have you ever been in love? How many times? I am not sure if I have ever been in love. I have dated one guy before and we were best friends before we started dating. So I am not sure if the love was in a romantic way or more of a friendship way.
22. What makes you fall in love with someone? I can honestly say any person that I have seriously liked it has happened as I have gotten to know them. I have learned more about their personality and seen the way they care about people. I am able to see the things that make them unique and that is how I start to begin liking someone.
23. What does vulnerability mean to you? What has the ability to make you vulnerable? I think that vulnerability means being able to tell someone anything and not worry about being judged. It takes a lot to be able to be completely yourself with someone. I think in front of most people we are censoring ourselves to protect ourselves from judgment.
24. What’s one thing you’re scared to ask a man, but really want to? I want to ask a man their honest opinion of my appearance. I think it would be interesting to hear an honest opinion from them.
25. If you were a man for a day, what would be the first thing you do? I think it would just be interesting to see what guys talk about when they are hanging out in groups. I always think it would be interesting to see what they discuss and how deep their conversations get.
26. What do you find most attractive about each sex? I just think the most unique thing about each person is their personalities. I think it is interesting to see what they are passionate about and what they think is important.
27. What’s one thing you’d love to learn more about? I would love to be able to speak a foreign language fluently. I just think it would be fun and a great to be able to speak more than one language.
28. What is something you’ve never done that you’ve always wanted to do? I always wished I could be more spontaneous. I know that is not just one thing, but I am a planner. Sometimes I see that people are able to be spontaneous and go do things. I wish I could be a little more like that sometimes.
29. Why haven’t you done it yet? I think being spontaneous is scary. Especially for me. Like I said I am a planner. I like to know things and have a handle on what will happen and be ready for things.
30. If money didn’t matter, what would your dream job be? I think I would want to do something in the nonprofit sector. Where I am volunteering my time and helping people.
31. If you had off from work today, what would you do? Well, today I did have the day off since it is a weekend and I cleaned. If I had a day off I think I would like to take a day trip somewhere and explore something new. Or I would love if some of my friends could come over for a movie night and just to hang out.
32. What was the last thing that made you cry? Other than a sappy video online, it would probably be a couple of weeks ago. I moved out and being completely on my own in a new area was just overwhelming. I am a crier and it is the way I release emotions. There are times when I just know that I need to cry to let it all out.
33. What was the last thing that made you laugh? It was probably one of my students. They are quite the crazy bunch, but I love them. I have a small class, but they have big personalities.
34. What is your favorite memory? I think any memory with my family would be my favorite. Since I moved away from them I really appreciate the memories with them and the time we get to spend together now.
35. What’s the last thing that REALLY embarrassed you? I am not sure what the last thing that really embarrassed me. I do not get embarrassed too easily. So I feel like when I do get embarrassed I brush it off and really try to forget about it.
36. What is your biggest fear? My biggest fear is disappointing someone. I always want to make the people around proud and I never want someone to be disappointed in me.
37. Do you have any regrets? What’s your biggest one? I think some of my biggest regrets are trying to hang on to people who did not want me in their life. I think that I sometimes tried to make relationships work when people had stopped caring or did not want to be friends. In the end, I probably ended up feeling more hurt than I should of.
38. Have you ever broken a law? If you haven’t what is one law you’d love to break? I mean I guess I have technically broken the law when I have sped. So there you go.
39. What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done? Well, people always want juicy stories. I am not a super crazy person so my stories probably do not compare to other people's stories. This is also not something I am going to put on here so, you will just have to get to know me better.
40. Would you have a conversation with a stranger? I would. How do you ever make a friend if you do not talk to a stranger?
41. Would you tell a stranger they have toilet paper hanging from their shoe? Or their dress tucked into their underwear? (Or anything else that is embarrassing to be seen in public)? I would. I appreciate when people tell me those things. I always try to point them out. It minimizes the embarrassment if it gets cut off early.
42. What’s your favorite joke? This is super lame. In high school volleyball, I always told Laffy Taffy jokes to break the tension. So probably some Laffy Taffy jokes.
43. Are you a dog person or a cat person? I am a both person. I love cats and dogs.
44. If you could be any animal, what animal would you be? A Koala probably because I have heard they sleep for like 22 hours a day.
45. What’s one show, movie, or book, you’re embarrassed to admit you enjoy? I still watch the made for TV Disney Channel Movies. They have some on Netflix and sometimes I need a mindless night and will watch them.
46. How do you think your parents would describe you as a child? I think they would describe me as hardheaded, stubborn, and probably a little bratty. At least that is how they would describe me when they think about me on my bad days.
47. If you could go back to any age or time of your life, what age or time would it be? This is a hard question, I feel like when I think back I remember a lot of the good times that I would want to relieve. Some of the times I would like to go back to is my freshman year because I went to Germany for Spring Break. I would also love to go back to my senior year because it was just a fun time and I also went to London and Paris over Spring Break. I also think my junior year would be fun to relive because you were independent, but were not worried about as many things. Finally, I also think it would be fun to go back to a summer when I was in like middle school. My parents were both teachers so they did not have a normal work schedule all summer. So, it would be nice to go back to the time before my brother and I were working in the summer and just enjoy the family time.
48. What’s something you believe in that not everyone else does? I believe in God. I am religious and not everyone is.
49. What’s one thing you would say that makes you unique from other people? I am left-handed which is pretty unique. You also get a lot of fun questions when you are left-handed that make things interesting.
50. What is one thing you feel your life is missing? I think right now I am missing having someone I am close to who lives close to me. I am getting there, but I moved to somewhere new and I did not know anyone. So, I am just trying to be open to new experiences and trying to make sure I hand out with people when I get the choice to.
