As a word-lover – I was given an impossible task as a homework assignment yesterday. Literally, impossible. Not. Fucking. Doable.
Softskills courses have a tendency to get very floaty and hippie-esque at times. Especially when there’s roleplay scenarios involved. I can’t tell you how passionately I hate roleplay. Be it professionally or…winkwinknudgenudge….my acting skills are non-existent and harder to fake than most other things. I can’t do it. And I hate it.
But this course didn’t dive into dramatics. Or what-ifs. Nope. It quickly honed in on on something I’m surprisingly uncomfortable with: myself.
Describe yourself in ten words or less.
And I can’t.
No way, José. There’s just. I MEAN. TEN words? That’s nothing. I can’t even order a meal in ten words or less, let alone capture my essence. Not that I am that complex of a person. I’m not. But ten words is just NOT A LOT.
So I can’t.
I’ve started and stopped around 20 times now. Tried powersentences and wordsummaries. Or combinations. But nothing really is…me.
I am more than ten words. However you look at it.
I fucking can’t. And I seriously doubt anyone could. While being happy with the description. IT’S NOT ENOUGH.
Who am I?
‘Someone that loves to be more than needed and demanded’.
There. That’s ten words right?
Yep. This assignment sucks.
Zoewiezoe 
This line is so cute: “I can’t order a meal in ten words or less!” 😂 I can tell by reading your blog. You are way more than ten words.
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You’re too kind 🤭🤣
And probably wrong – I will find the perfect 10…one daaaay
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Ha! But, you did it in the end. I love the ten words you used to describe yourself.
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I guess at least I have something to turn in now 🔥😇
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I can do me in just four: crazy guinea pig lady.
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😆🤣 That’s an awesome descriptor!
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Think of it like an old school dating profile app. What do you want people to know about you in ten words or less. I don’t want everyone to know about me completely. I give far too much of myself away in my writing as it is. I would like people to hone in on a few things, though.
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Yeah….I’ve always failed at the dating thinv too 🤣
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Failed wordsmith, loves cats and coffee. Mostly harmless. [Eight words]
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Show-off!
(That makes 10 😉🥸)
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Replace: Ugly AF. [ten]
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Replace: unnecessarily insecure [still ten]
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Replace: bearded man. (E.g. ugly af)🤣🤣🤣
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Replace: Damn you (ok. I couldn’t find a way to put ‘not my type doesn’t equal unattractive’ in two words) 🤣🤣🤣
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😘
🤣🤣🤣❤️🤣
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You look in this sentence – I will be over there.
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Oooh, I love what you came up with for this assignment! I have no idea how I could describe myself in ten adjectives/nouns, much less with a full sentence structure!
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Love Love Love Love Love
Love Love Love Love Love
10 Words
Enough
To
Describe
Who i Am Yet Yes
If You Require 10
Different
Words
Google
Translate
Is Fine
Indeed
Essence
Over Form
i Am Wings
i Travel
A Globe
Free
iFly With SMiles🐿
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Reblogged this on Notes and commented:
There are many ways I can describe myself in less than 10 words;
“I am love”
“I am who you think I am not”
“I am sum of everyone I have been with”
“I am fun, the rain, and then I am you too”
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Extraordinary and all that implies! 5 words! Great post, C
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Love that!
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Yes, the assignments sucks, notwithstanding your ten words being awfully good, set together. I also don’t like role-play exercises.
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Why thank you, dear sir 😇
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“I can’t.” There, that’s two words.
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Very effective use of words indeed, and an added touch of rebellion 👌🥳
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I hate that kind of thing…
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High five!
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet and commented:
Come See If You Can Describe Yourself in 10 words!!
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I always marvel at the fact that people can be so different (that is probably why I’ve always loved psychology) – to me 10 words is a lot! I would probably go with “or less”. Although the principal that I am more complex than 10 words, that I am more than 10 words holds true, the one thing I could never do is describe myself. But give them more than 10 words, what can they do about it?
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“I’m more than ten words. However you look at it.”
There’s your 10 words 😉.
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Oh – that’s a bit too ‘blunt’ for my taste. But accurate as fuck, indeed!
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That’s a pretty good line you came with, I guess the challenge is in the ten words. How about: ‘A dose of nerd with a dash of crazy?’ 😉
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Whaha – are those for you or for me 😱
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I was thinking more you 🙄
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Oh boy! I got a question Describe Your Dream Job. Completely lost on that! I feel you!
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Damn – that’s a tough one 🤣
I suppose winning the superball and chilling forever next to a pool wouldn’t count….right?
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Hmmmmm!!! 🤔🤔🤔
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Hahaha I totally agree! Out of their minds, for sure.
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You couldn’t describe yourself in 1000 words let alone 10 – people are changing all the time. Plus everyone has different interpretations of your writing. So, yeah that assignment is not merely dumb, but funny.
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And a challenge, which sort of makes it fun again. But you’re totally right. I’d have more luck writing a book to fit me than fitting that into 10 words 😆
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Did I just laugh all the way through reading this.
Beautiful post ♥️
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that’s a very superficial task, yeah I could say, chocoholic, mother, traveller, and on on, but it would just scratch the surface , so what did you do?
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It’s so difficult to describe yourself. When you have only ten words it’s only more difficult.
But I think you did a great job!
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