- What is your current state of mind? Happy and a wee bit antsy.
- What is your favorite journey? Any that takes me to family and dear friends.
- What is your idea of perfect happiness? An evening of good friends, fine wine, and lively conversation.
- What is your greatest fear? Hurting those I cherish.
- What is your most marked characteristic? The ability to giggle, sometimes at the most inopportune times.
- What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? My need to please.
- What is the trait you most deplore in others? Callous indifference.
- What is your greatest extravagance? A gorgeous piece of art.
- What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Righteousness
- On what occasion do you lie? To protect another’s feelings.
- Dislike most about your appearance? My legs—I’ve always yearned for long, willowy gams.
- Which living person do you most despise? In this instance, I am Switzerland.
- Which words or phrases do you most overuse? I need to let that percolate…
- What is your greatest regret? Not trusting my heart.
- What or who is the greatest love of your life? My family—those by birth and those by blessing.
- When and where were you happiest? In the midst of a great conversation or a good belly laugh.
- Which talent would you most like to have? The ability to speak multiple languages fluently.
- If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I’d be braver.
- If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be? They’d be physically closer to me.
- What do you consider your greatest achievement? My education.
- What is your most treasured possession? My family, friends and dogs.
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Being bitter and alone.
- Where would you like to live? Anywhere that’s near to nature.
- What is your favorite occupation? Writing
- What is the quality you most like in a man? Intelligence paired with a dry sense of humor
- What is the quality you most like in a woman? Compassion
- What do you most value in your friends? Their ability to love me despite my flaws.
- Who are your favorite writers? Can’t choose just one…
- Who is your favorite hero of fiction? Never been into hero worship.
- What is it that you most dislike? Cruelty in any form.
- Who are your heroes in real life? Those who give their hearts & voices in service of the greater good.
- How would you like to die? In bed with a book on my chest.
- If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be? An owl.
- What is your motto? A good laugh makes everything better.
- Bonus Question: How did you find my blog? Can’t recall, but so grateful that I did.
- Bonus Question: Why do you keep coming back to this Blog? The community and camaraderie I’ve found here are a balm to my soul.
Notes:
- Lori is a virtual friend and faithful follower and kindly agreed to share her responses to the Proust Questionnaire. Lori is a professional writer. You can find her website and bio here: Lori Ferguson.
- See prior Proust Questionnaires.
- The Proust Questionnaire has its origins in a parlor game popularized (though not devised) by Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that, in answering these questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature. (Source: Vanity Fair)