Ever had your “Colours” done?  How about your Myers Briggs Personality Test?  There’s four letters that supposedly tell you and others how you think, feel and work.

All of these may give you a basic idea and a little insight into how you interact with others and how others interact with the world.  However, the more we learn, the more we grow and change (hopefully).  These, often expensive, tests only pinpoint your personality at that specific time of your life.  Plus, I think there’s a much easier way to go about this . . .

Here’s my version of a personality profile.  I think it’s much more realistic

15% – 5 year old

• I like to push buttons, play dress-up and still wonder at the amazing things I see around me, I may know how the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) are created but it doesn’t stop me from getting excited and enjoying them every time I see them

40% – Teenager

• I still think I can do anything, have authority figure issues, can stay up all night, love new technology, feel like rebelling . . . often

42% – Responsible Adult (ok lets pretend . . .)

• I have rent, two furry mouths to feed and take to the vets, a career I love with a moderately high degree of responsibility (fortunately it also requires the 5 year old as well!), and this is the big one . . . skills that the world needs right now . . . see below for more on this idea *

3% – Old Fogie

• I really don’t need to see your underpants!  I can’t stress that enough!  Be they boxers or a thong – I don’t want to see it!  I also don’t need to see your butt!  Honestly how are hot pants comfortable?  Even Daisy Duke had shorts she could sit in and not cut herself in half with!  That and the network forced her to wear pantyhose under them . . . I’m sure she didn’t stick to chairs . . .
• I’m also rather set in my ways musically . . . funny thing . . . I wasn’t actually born when at least 1/2 of my favourite music was popular (you could say that these days I’m a recovering classic rock junkie as well)

That’s my version of a personality profile . . . I think it’s pretty accurate.  Granted any given day the percentages could change . . . I hate to admit but the old fogie comes out more often than my hip, young self would like

*  We all have important skills and abilities that the world needs right now.  I believe that as a result of my sugar addiction my personality has been dulled, suppressed, whatever word you’d like to use, to a point where I don’t use my skills and abilities to their utmost advantage.

In many ways I feel it would be utterly irresponsible of me to continue to allow my addiction to inhibit my skills and abilities.  We’re at the point of “all hands on deck” for so many issues in our world that I feel not contributing what I can is just wrong.

I plan to change that!  The world has no idea what’s about to hit it   Wow!  I really need to stop using emoticons . . . I blame it on the 5 year old (mind you the young teen lass that collected scratch n’ sniff stickers would argue with that)!