I have decided to leave out some of the questions because my answers are too private. Go here for the full list. The list was part of Mary Jaksch ‘s compilation “The Ultimate Personal Growth Guide: 100 best posts”. Let’s share some of your answers too!
- How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? 21
- Which is worse, failing or never trying? Never trying because it’s a double fault – it’s a way to fail.
- If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do? At the moment, I don’t feel like this. I try to avoid being in this situation.
- When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done? I think actions will always speak much more than what is actually ‘said’.
- What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world? It would be good if everyone could see the world from space. I think that event would be life changing and will change the way we see the world.
- If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich? It would be the kind of work that I would do everyday. I am already doing it and I have never felt poor.
- Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing? I never feel settled so it can’t be the second option.
- If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently? I would fit more on my day.
- To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken? This question relates a lot to the first time I have piloted an aircraft and I have a blog entry dedicated for that. Answer to come soon!
- Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things? Doing the right things. If you do the wrong thing right, it’s still wrong! If you try to do the right thing, but fail, at least you tried.
- You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do? “She’s a friend of mine.”
- If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be? I would probably make faces or show interesting shapes to make the child curious about it. And hopefully they’ll respond (ie try to play with it or laugh).
- What’s something you know you do differently than most people? I think back on my history/experiences which is different to everyone. I look forward to my goals and dreams and they are different to everyone.
- How come the things that make you happy don’t make everyone happy? Not everyone is on the same space, time, wavelength continuum as you. It’s not a bad thing either.
- What one thing have you not done that you really want to do? What’s holding you back? I would like to travel around the world. What’s holding me back is that I am not prepared (financially, career-wise, etc) for it. Maybe in the future.
- Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster? No, I don’t
- Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton? Even if I choose to be a simpleton…anyway, this is a bit of a close-ended question because I’m not a genius either. However, if you are joyful then that is all you need.
- Why are you, you? I am me.
- Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you? Losing touch because it is easy to keep in touch with someone who is far away these days.
- At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive? Most recent, but not a single occurrence, was when I was listening to Worlds Converged by Midnight Juggernauts and my creative/emotional response to it has made me passionate and alive. I want to do a music video. I want to do a program for young creatives. I also feel that I can go through with the plans. It is that – the knowing that you can go through with something – that really fuels me.
- Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best conversation ever? It’s possible these days with sites like Facebook and Twitter.
- If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job? No.
- Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing? Definitely more work that I am doing. I actually don’t understand why people would want to have less work – that would personally make me bored.
- Do you feel like you’ve lived this day a hundred times before? Yes but I think that it’s important to have a certain level of routine and a certain comfort zone in your day.
- When was the last time you marched into the dark with only the soft glow of an idea you strongly believed in? 30 minutes ago or less even. I am looking towards taking flying lessons and working myself up towards a private pilot’s license or a commercial pilot’s license but there are a lot of factors to consider. I have been looking a lot into the aviation medical examinations, in the budgets, the timelines and so on. Or the morning of January 5 2010 when I have suddenly seemed to have found myself 3500-4000 ft above the ground!
- If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today? My family
- Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous? No – during that time I can be extremely attractive and famous. Haha.
- What is the difference between being alive and truly living? “Being alive” has no or little truth involved.
- When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what you know is right? You should do it once you have calculated the risks and rewards. There is a difference between procrastinating and actually getting on with the job.
- If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake? We are afraid that we will either not learn from the mistake or refuse to learn from the mistake.
- What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you? I would keep more things to myself.
- When was the last time you noticed the sound of your own breathing? A few milliseconds ago.
- What do you love? Have any of your recent actions openly expressed this love? I love having conversations with interesting people. Maybe 10 minutes ago.
- In 5 years from now, will you remember what you did yesterday? What about the day before that? Or the day before that? 5 years ago was January 6 2005 (and so on). I have most likely written about it in my diary!
- Decisions are being made right now. The question is: Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you? I think that sometimes, I don’t make decisions for myself because I didn’t think that I can make those decisions. Also see my answer to question #9
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