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An Honest Self-Awareness Survey, Just Because
Well, Ruby Noir has done it again. I don’t know where she finds the time to locate all these awesome prompts and respond to them, but she does. And when she does, then I do because you know, monkey see, monkey do. or in this case, writer see, writer do.
This prompt is a self-awareness survey. I’m not sure where it originally came from, but hey, if the original poster sees this, comment and I’ll credit you. For now, here’s Ruby’s story:
Why did this prompt speak to me? Because knowing oneself isn’t quite as easy as you’d think. I’ll be 52 in July and I’ve only truly felt like I’ve known myself for about a year.
I’ve known what I was in relation to others, mother, daughter, sister, wife, friend, or enemy. I know what people wanted me to be. I know what people told me I was. And as a recovering people-pleaser, I gave the people what they wanted.
What I didn’t know was who I really was behind all the noise. it took just over half a century to figure it out, but I finally know and I’m getting better…
