Continuing the week of introspection. (Did I plan this? No, it just happened.)
So someone much smarter than myself (she’s closer to a psychology degree than I ever will be) asked me what is the person I would like to be.
This is a hard question.
The first thing that comes to mind is to be more confident; I would like to be able to start conversations with perfect strangers. To which it was pointed out that that doesn’t negate any current personality traits. But it is the feature I would most like to have. Yesterday I saw a pretty girl waiting for the elevator in my building. I said hello, but then continued on to the stairs. I would like to be the kind of person who could instantly realize that, in this case, I should be waiting for the elevator with her. And start a conversation that had meaning behind it.
I’ll see if I can come with any other traits as the week continues. Right now, all I can really come up with is confidence. And varying aspects of that.