"Hello, My Name is Julie and here are 50 Things About Me You Never Wanted to Know" #blogboost

My friend, Jen Louden, has this place called the Savor and Serve Cafe. I am a member of the cafe. She gave an assignment the other day that made me both nauseas and yet called me to task.

This blog post is my response.

Normally I would suggest you stop reading right here, but I actually think this exercise was helpful on several levels.

1. It made me face the positive things people have reported to me about me.

2. It made me stretch beyond what I would normally report about myself to anyone, especially so openly (and vulnerably, with comments still enabled!)

3. I think you would find some value in completing this exercise.

I am calling it

50 Ways Julie is... very good to some, impressive to others and got an occasional "O" on her report card in elementary school... "O" being OUTSTANDING.. .not the number zero.

14 of these entries were actually received from the women of VDay 2011 Community Campaign, Bakersfield. To all you women who were a part of that experience, Thank You! I hope you kept your list, too.

1. Willing to be a beginner, again and again and again
2. Makes incredibly phenomenal babies
3. Wonderfully (spirited)
4. Knows the word “embarrassment” intimately
5. Enjoys pulling out the soap box and unabashedly sharing from its shoulders
6. Caring
7. Feels comfortable showing her ugly, not so conventionally attractive sides
8. Fabulously beautiful
9. Writes well (ohhh, that was so difficult to write but I am told it over and over!)
10. Permission giver
11. Julieriffic
12. Permission Receiver
13. Miracle
14. Reflects wonder back toward people so they “get” it, too
15. Holy-crap talented
16. Willing to share real emotion
17. Energy
18. Recognizes need for time out.. .and takes them
19. Mentor fantabulous
20. Accepts help without too much cajoling
21. Role model
22. Knows words well enough to distinguish when one really annoys her
23. Creative
24. Listens to God-sounds the trees make
25. Fantastic
26. Will stop mid-conversation to say “ohhhh, do you smell that?”
27. Compliments others in abundance
28. Writer-mother
29. Laughs a lot!
30. Insightful
31. Laughs loudly and doesn’t often cover it up
32. Inspiration
33. Awe-inspiring
34. Avid quote collector
35. Loves to teach and be taught
36. Teachable and coachable
37. Loves sharing the spotlight
38. Is willing (and enjoys, on some levels) being uncomfortable
39. Looks good in purple
40. Can come up with metaphors in an instant
41. Is completely comfortable wearing mismatched socks
42. Enjoys playing with words.. and plays well with words with others
43. Isn’t bossy all the time but knows how to use bossyness when needed
44. Is recovering from her sarcastic childhood. Now uses sarcasm strategically
45. Fast typist!
46. Knows of her lack of knowledge in the classics and is working on it.
47. Has pretty hair, even when the gray-lo overtakes her.
48. Is unselfconscious (for the most part).
49. Has very little idea of how cool she really is… (I have heard this from numerous people, I am accepting what they say as true.)
50. Claps enthusiastically
51. Now it is time for YOU to start YOUR list. Ready? Write!
    

 

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This is post 19 of 31 in July for the Ultimate Blog Challenge ~ 2 more and I'll be all caught up. Until the next day!