WHY DON'T WE ASK PEOPLE TO FILL OUT SURVEYS ON OUR PERSONALITIES ??? // [series] EXPAND + GROW

| WHY DON'T WE ASK PEOPLE TO FILL OUT SURVEYS ON OUR PERSONALITIES ??? |
this thought came to me out of the blue so randomly that even I was like
JULIA THAT'S A SCARY THING TO EVEN WRITE DOWN.

bc. uhm. like. criticism is hard enough to take, but legit making a form + having people fill it out??

FREAKY RIGHT. 

it's kinda like that thought of "man I wish I knew what that person was thinking right now." weeelll yeah, tbh, I don't think we have a clue of what we would be in for if that was even a thing. it would be terrifying.

I can tell who is coming upstairs in my house by the sound/heaviness of someone's footstep. I know who doesn't like ketchup and who always forgets to close that kitchen cabinet. When a holiday or birthday rolls around, it is actually really easy to pick out a gift (k cuz I generally do gag gifts tbh hehehe) 
but this is all bc I've spent time around my family and know them. like I could take a personality test for sarah and it would come out the same as what she did for herself. note: LEGIT WE'VE TRIED THIS AND IT WORKED LOL

let's face it. we all need anonymous criticism charts for ourselves. kinda like a thing that you pass out to your co-workers and siblings, parents, grandparents, lady at the post office, dude at the coffee shop, kid at the dentist...bc I would be super curious to see what people would say. 

"she's a scrooge."
"she talks too much"
"WHAT DID SHE DO TO HER HAIR?!"
"i guess she makes ok cookies."

like it would be fascinating and utterly freaky to know.

I've read the Little House on the Prairie for like...well for like forever. I always thought it was the cutest thing when Laura talked about their autograph books and calling cards. Not just bc they had cool things even back then (*coughcough* i.e. aesthetic, hashtags, photo editing, plaid...) but also bc in those autograph books they had their school friends write notes for each other. And, they had those written down forever.

personally, a good compliment could make me climb mount everest. but then again, a "this is stupid" can totally bring me down. I knew having people alpha read my book would be hardest for me in that area. It proved to be so. but still, I NEEDED THOSE CRITICS. I ASKED FOR THEM. I WILL GROW BC OF THEM. (even if it kills me lol)

so WHY DON'T WE ASK PEOPLE TO FILL OUT SURVEYS ON OUR PERSONALITIES ???
idk.
we are scared. we think people will just lie anyways. nobody has ever thought of it? to me, those are all true. But then again, maybe we should just get over the frivolous fear of having our bubble of "I'm not too bad" broken so we can grow a little. i don't think that's a half-bad thing.

this post is very much in the spirit of the upcoming new year and it's ALSO THE FIRST IN A NEW SERIES ---

EXPAND + GROW

[it's going to be all about personal growth and strengthening in God + things we need to learn how to do, to accept, and to in the end, fly. (cheesy maybe? but truthful yes.) it won't be a specific in order series, but there will be some interesting ones, I promise you ]

WELL THIS POST IS LONG ENOUGH I THINK LOL I should go...I have a few books I want to read. also its 51 degrees on the 2nd day of December EEP SO MUCH WARMTH XD

WOULD YOU HAVE SOMEONE FILL OUT A PERSONALITY SURVEY ON YOU? 

THOUGHTS ON THE NEW SERIES??