So, I'm reading Wishcraft and it has an exercise where you write down who you are. Quickly, without thinking...so here goes... (you try it too)
- Mother
- Wife
- Daughter
- Author
- Friend
- Sister
- Collector
- Reader
- Thinker
- Mini-van driver (hey, they aren't sexy but they are practical as all heck)
- Artist
- Shopper
- Woman
OK...so then Wishcraft has you take a hard look at that list. How many are what you do, not who you are? Unless you LOVE what you do, it's not who you are. Thank goodness I did this now, not when I was a bitch (manager) or pimp (staffing manager).
Some of it is semantics. Author would change to writer. I love writing, the publicity buy-my-book dance is exhausting. The mini-van thing is silly as it has and will change through the years. I think the collector is related to the shopper. I like things. Touching them, having them, lining them up just so. It makes me happy. No clue why.
The book reccomends letting go of all the lables, which is good I guess. But some of them bring me joy. I'm proud to be someone's wife (14 years in, no less), thrilled to be someone's mother (3 times over) and every woman should have woman on that list (IMHO).
So...what's on your list?
8 comments:
Great idea, I'll have to try it. I think I'll have a few of the same as you. Happy T13!
Cool TT!
*hugs*
Paige
My TT is at http://tinyurl.com/4zejcp
My first thought was stuff like, "silly", "achy", "solid", "flaky". I didn't think of a single title until I saw your list, then I got a bunch of them. I see nothing wrong with titles, so long as you remember that isn't all.
Cool list.I fit most of those myself, except I drive an SUV.
I'm a cyclist and a dog-walker. I like both of those positions. :)
Great idea for a TT, Jenna.
What a cool exercise...definitely have the wife-mother-writer thing down. Not so interested in the employee label though...
Awesome list!!!! I'll have to try this. I'm kind of afraid to.
At least I'd be doing this list. Imagine if someone else made this list for me. LOL.
What a neat idea! I'll have to try it sometime. :) Have a great weekend!
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