Hello dearies! University has really been eating up my time, but I wanted to post another survey that I found over at The Perpetual Page Turner. Essentially, you think about who you were as a teenager and answer the questions in book titles of books you’ve read. Its really fun to do, especially if you have shelves of books or a Goodreads page to scroll through. Enjoy!
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You
- How would you describe your 16 year old self: Bright Purple: Color Me Confused
- When You Looked Into The Mirror What Did You See: Uglies
- Your 16 year old self’s outlook on life/motto: Can’t Get There From Here < I was totally a “glass half full” kind of chick. >
- How You Think People Would Describe Your Personality: Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd
- Describe An Insecurity In High School: The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
- Describe Your Worst Trait As A Teen: Bad Connection < I was awful with people my own age. I’d babble about fanfiction, forums, and books, while everyone just stared…okay, maybe only some people stared. >
- Describe the contents of your diary/journal: Freaks and Revelations
- Your biggest Fear: Pushing the Limits < It sounds silly now, but I was terrified of doing too much, being too much, and going too far. Like, in anything and everything. >
- You excelled at: How Not to Be Popular < Not a complaint, just a fact that I quite liked. >
- You were always concerned about: The Rise and Fall of a Tenth Grade Social Climber < Please, someone, explain the social hierarchy of high school. I understood it about as well as a German listening to a Russian talk about tea. >
- You Thought Your Life Was: Elsewhere <It was always about the future, yo! >
Love Life
- How would you sum up your high school love life: Along for the Ride < I was very much the “what in the world is going on” type. >
- Describe your most serious boyfriend from high school: Empty
- Describe your first kiss: Notes on a Near-Life Experience < It was one of those things where it kinda happened and it was kinda awful, so let’s just pretend it totally didn’t happen. >
- Your philosophy on dating/love: Something Like Fate
- Describe Your Worst Break Up: So Yesterday < Why relive a bad moment, I’m so over it haha. >
Family
- Your relationship with your mom as a teen: Allegiant < She was/is very much the “come to your defense without provocation” type. >
- Your relationship with your dad as a teen: Just Ask < He was/is very much the “silent but supportive” type. >
- Your relationship with a sibling: Far From You < He dropped off the map around the time I realized card stock was way cooler than construction paper, and that baking was better than cutting play food out of paper, so he’s missing out, man! I’m a genius with card stock and baking now. >
- What you thought about your parents rules/parenting style: The Unwritten Rule
Friends
- Describe you and your best friend at 16: What Happened to Goodbye
- Your Social Status: Dreamland < I was the listener or therapist among my friends, so I spent a lot of time trouncing about in my and other people’s heads. >
- Describe Your Group Of Friends: Extras < Island of misfit toys, anyone? >
School
- Your Perception Of High School Upon Entering: Soul Harvest < Yeah, I wasn’t a fan. >
- Your relationship with academics: Perfect Chemistry < Academia, I was good at…the other people participating in academia, not so much. >
- Your Weekends Were: Ballads of Suburbia
- If Your High School Life Was A Movie It would be called: I Am the Wallpaper < I was incredibly happy to be a wallflower socially and a teacher’s pet otherwise. >
- A Class You Wish High School Would Have Offered: The Truth About Forever < Philosophy! >
- Your Senior Year Was: My Most Excellent Year
- Describe prom: It’s Kind of a Funny Story < Friends, annoying people, way too many seniors bringing freshman dates, and cinnamon twists. >
- When High School Ended It Was: The Call of the Wild < College, baby! >
The Future
- How You Felt About The Prospect of College: Becoming Me
- How You Thought Your Life Would Be At 20 (insert whatever age you are now): Come Alive < I was a bit over zealous and optimistic about how different life would be at this point. >
Your Life Now
- Describe Your Love Life: Fangirl < I’m in love with characters, places, and whole fandoms…my actual love life is radio silence. >
- Describe The State Of Your Friendship With Your High School BFF: Chain Reaction < This refers to multiple people, so we’re all just adjusting in the fallout of growing up. >
- Your Relationship With Your Parents Now: Every Day < Like most relationships, it’s one day at a time and a lot of conscious choices. >
- Your Thoughts On Your High School Reunion (either if you had it or if it’s upcoming): The Time Machine < I’m not so sure how I feel about a reunion yet. I’m still in the “it’s over!” stage. >
- Biggest Lesson You Learned In High School: Cracked Up to Be < Basically, in my experience, if you stop worrying about everything high school was supposed to be, and just experience it as it comes, then high school is a lot better. >
- One Thing You WISHED You Had Learned: The Rules of Survival < It really frustrates me how much schools fail to teach students when it comes to skills and everyday adult tasks. I was lucky with my parents’ practical teaching, but a lot of people weren’t. >
- Advice You Wish You Could Have Given Your Teen Self: Chill: Stress-Reducing Techniques for a More Balanced, Peaceful You < Simmer down now, young one. >
- Something You Could Learn From Your 16 Year Old Self: Honey, Baby, Sweetheart < For the love of all that is literary, I really need to remember to be nice and semi-affectionate to new and old people instead of just the people I’ve known forever. >
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Let me know some of your answers in the comments!
