would really appreciate your answers to the following, email or comments would be fine. Mostly for my own curiosity…
What did you want to ‘be’ when you grew up? (very simplistic phrasing so please don’t pick me up on that, you know what I mean 🙂 )
What single thing are you most proud of yourself for?
Who do you most admire (dead / alive, famous or not, known to you or not) and why?
1) Loved
2) I don’t think I have done anything yet for which I should feel proud.
3) My grandfather. In 36 years of knowing him I have never seen him angry, irritable, judgemental, selfish, or unhelpful.
Comment by Chris — 23 May 2006 @ 2:58 pm
Mainly a mother, nothing else really stuck for long.
My other 2 answers are probably the same as C’s.
I’ll be proud of myself if my kids turn out as decent people.
His grandfather is incredibly selfless, and capable of getting great pleasure from small things. Either that or the man is one hell of an actor. There are other people I admire for aspects of their lives/personalities, but no one of whom I think “I want to be like X”.
Comment by Alison — 23 May 2006 @ 5:50 pm
1. a wife and mother
2. managing to achieve and maintain 1 but as I feel like they’re both hanging in the balance atm I’d better not speak too soon. I agree with Alison on this one, too.
3. I don’t know. I used to have lots of people that I looked up to irl, and as I’ve got older they’ve all been struck off for one reason or another. Again, like Alison, there are people I admire for certain things or in certain areas, but no one person stands out.
Comment by Sarah — 23 May 2006 @ 6:14 pm
Doctor.
Being able to stop being a doctor.
I don’t really, people are just people. I like/respect facets of various people’s personalities but there’s no-one I’d want to be.
Comment by layla — 23 May 2006 @ 6:27 pm
1. At about five – a nurse. At about ten – an actress (!) At about seventeen – anything that left lots of time for drinking,sex and hanging around being vaguely ‘political’. At about twenty five – a writer. These days I’m really happy just being me – working, HE mum and all that. Never really wanted to be a librarian (my current career choice!) but after the six years it took to get the MA I think I’ll be sticking with it for now!
2. Realising that it isn’t a good thing to be always looking for answers – opening up to learning and trying to embrace doubt.
3. I admire lots of different aspects of different people. If pushed I’d say my mum – she’s taken all the knocks and still believes in people and never stops giving.
Comment by Allie — 23 May 2006 @ 8:27 pm
Loved and everything that comes with that. I wanted more than anything to be a teacher from the age of about 4.
Stopping my anorexia.
As above with the last.
Comment by Roslyn — 23 May 2006 @ 8:29 pm
What did you want to ‘be’ when you grew up? (very simplistic phrasing so please don’t pick me up on that, you know what I mean 🙂 )
A writer, and then when everyone made it clear that that wasn’t an appropriate ambition, a teacher.
What single thing are you most proud of yourself for?
Making the decision to do a degree at 27 (other things that were at least as important, but not as hard as that single moment of deciding)
Who do you most admire (dead / alive, famous or not, known to you or not) and why?
Bob Geldof (I don’t see ‘admire’ as ‘want to be’ like Layla, just that I think he’s handled a lot of big things really well. I respect and admire him.
And fancy him a bit, or at least did.
Comment by Ali — 23 May 2006 @ 10:41 pm
What about you then, Mrs Nosey? 🙂
Comment by Alison — 24 May 2006 @ 5:17 pm
Nurse, actress, director, mother – all following on at roughly 5 year intervals…
My children and marriage, with a side order of MP and BM
Hm. Charles Dunstone. Clever businessman who saw a niche and snaffled it.
Comment by Merry — 24 May 2006 @ 8:03 pm