1. good “people” person – can get kids to try stuff they never thought they could do
2. good with kids (other people’s)- can calm down a raging teenager in five minutes
3. usually good with my own kids – they haven’t brought me up for child abuse charges – yet
4. faithful wife and friend – married 17 years to the same man, have few close friends, but we’ve been friends for years
5. creative – make stuff all the time, figure out ways of accomplishing stuff that should probably be difficult, if not impossible
6. tenacious about getting my students exactly what they need – materials, class room time, counselor’s referrals, you name it
7. laugh a lot – got lost driving yesterday, with my 14 year old in the car; I grew up in this stupid city, but finally had to focus on a landmark and circle in on it. Pret’damn funny!
8. good eye for color and form – my house and art are full of neat shapes; I like color on the walls – mango for the kitchen, icecube blue for my bedroom, apple green for the living room
9. tell a good story – i am good at relating incidents to other people, scootching it around so it sounds funny and cool
10. make people laugh – see above
11. good teacher – other people’s kids seem to be willing to listen to me and do the things I ask (for the most part); this is good, because I teach the kids that will probably otherwise drop out of highschool
12. managed to raise good teenagers (so far) – a weird combination of strictness and freedom
13. good quilter – good colors, “draw” with the sewing machine
14. good writer – can tell a story, can write an academic paper
15. good lover – don’t need commentary on this
16. very smart – at least with the right-brained stuff – can explain all kinds of good stuff, almost photographic memory for text, finish crossword puzzles in pen (no one will play scrabble with me anymore)
17. I know I’m not good at the left brained stuff – and it doesn’t bother me
18. green thumb – house full of large plants
19. talkative – able to put people at their ease in conversation
20. nice voice – alto range, good for singing and bellowing
21. can admit when I’m wrong and apologize sincerely
22. I can recognize a person I have seen, famous or no, no matter the circumstances. I can see an actor in a split second cameo, or someone I knew in kindergarten (I’m 40 now) and recognize them, almost always come up with the name too.
23. good with animals – I always have some sort of menagerie going
24. responsible much of the time
25. I like the way I move when I am talking or happy about something (when i get excited about something, I bounce and sway and throw open my arms, and stuff like that) – being very overweight, liking much of anything about my body is cool
26. most of my wrinkles are smile lines
27. my hair is pretty – curly-ish and almost mahogany color (mine) with traces of silver
28. greyish/greenish/bluish eyes
29. nice eyebrows
30. decent coloring
31. freckles – I like my freckles
32. strong feet
33. strong back
34. decent skin
35. (I’m stepping away from my body now) divergent thinker
36. great library
37. wicked sense of humor
38. good mimic
39. good student
40. spontaneous
41. good speller ;)
42. hummingbirds hang around my back yard
43. willing to listen and accept other people’s views
Okay, that didn’t cheer me up as much as I wanted it to. First< I kept wanting to put “I’m good at this, but I really suck here.” That was disheartening. Also, I now realize how out of balance I have become: most of my entries have to do with other people and how they perceive me, not with me. Guess I will keep this on my list for a while, move some things around and then compare the next list with this one.
