Who are you?, A survey. Options

[innovation]

I've just returned to CB, and I feel so lost because I don't seem to know anybody anymore! However, I don't want to post a cliche survey because (a) it probably has already been posted and (b) I never care about the questions in those surveys. So here's a list of probing questions that would give me and the rest of the community a better idea of who each of you are, not what your favorite band is or if you've ever smoked pot or gone skinny-dipping. So here goes:

(1) What is your name?
(2) Choose three adjectives to describe yourself.
(3) What/Who has (or has had) the greatest influence on your life right now and why?
(4) What in your life do you value the most and why?
(5) Whom in your life do you value the most and why?
(6) What, do you believe, is your purpose on earth?
(7) What, so far, have your contributed to the world?
(8) Do you portray yourself to others in a way that is contrary to who you really are?
(9) Pick a quote or two by which you live your life.
(10) Is there anything you would like to change about yourself or your life?
(11) What is your favorite place to be and why?
(12) Describe your life in five words or less.
(13) What are you genuinely interested in?
(14) If money were not an issue, what would you do with your life?

Go crazy, kids.

[xTINAA]

(1) What is your name?
Christina

(2) Choose three adjectives to describe yourself.
Loving, sarcastic, lazy.

(3) What/Who has (or has had) the greatest influence on your life right now and why?
This is really tough. There are several people out there who have had some influence in my life but to be honest I can't pinpoint one person who has had the greatest. Who I am today is shaped by all of those influences, not just one which is greater than the others.

(4) What in your life do you value the most and why?
I really do value all the hardships and tough times that I go through. Yeah, it's pain in the butt and I might constantly complain but those are the times when I learn to grow and persevere. Without them, I wouldn't be me.

(5) Whom in your life do you value the most and why?
It's a tie between family and friends. Despite all the drama and complications they might bring, I know I would be lost without them.

(6) What, do you believe, is your purpose on earth?
My purpose on earth...Well, I believe that the reason I'm here is to bring glory to God, as all things are. However, maybe more specifically God has a specific purpose for me on this earth whether it be to help someone or teach a lesson and I have to find it out.

(7) What, so far, have your contributed to the world?
I can't say that I've really contributed that much to the world as a whole but I would like to think that I've been able to help some people by simply being there for them.

(8) Do you portray yourself to others in a way that is contrary to who you really are?
Most likely at times I do. I don't really like to come out there fully showing who I am. It takes a while for people to see the real me and in the meantime I think I put up walls and I tend to pretend a lot. It's a way of also keeping myself from getting hurt even though I usually end up getting hurt anyway.

(9) Pick a quote or two by which you live your life.
I really couldn't say at the moment...I'm in a pretty tough, confusing time in my life and I don't really think I could use a quote to describe how I'm living my life now.

(10) Is there anything you would like to change about yourself or your life?
Yes, some things, but then I start to think about it and if I changed those things, there would be so many consequences and who I am today would be someone different. While it could be a good thing in some ways, all the memories and all of the things I've been through would be different and I don't think I want to trade those.

(11) What is your favorite place to be and why?
I like to be out driving by myself. That is such a great feeling to just have the windows rolled down, wind in your hair, thoughts to yourself, and driving with no real destination. If not that since it's not specifically a place, I'd have to say almost any place with him. I love him and anytime I'm with him it's my favorite.

(12) Describe your life in five words or less.
Tragic, crazy, beautiful, hard.

(13) What are you genuinely interested in?
Love, helping others, being the best Christian I can be.

(14) If money were not an issue, what would you do with your life?
I think that I would try my best to reach out to everyone else out there that I possibly could. As in those who are less fortunate than me. But people always say those things and who knows if I would really do it? If not that, I'd spend majority of my time just relaxing and trying to soak up life as best as possible whether it's by traveling, writing, learning new things, etc.