Proust Questionnaire | 2012
Last year, I promised myself and everyone who read this little blog that I'll be answering Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire every time I celebrated my birthday. Being the forgetful Lucy I am, I am only taking time down away from {spring} cleaning today to take a look at myself and the way I've lived.
Here's a random thought: Sometimes I wonder if I'm getting the wrong message across. Having a blog that's chock-full of reviews and musings about makeup and skincare --- I want you to know from the bottom of my heart, that looks are only secondary to who we are inside. I've got a lot of inner work to do, so do expect more of that in this blog. I would always and forever love prettifying myself and others but life is so much kinder and intrinsically wonderful with a life lived with gentleness and kindness --- two things I'm working on to achieving.
What is your idea of perfect happiness? Being able to bring my loved one whatever makes them happy.
What is your greatest fear? Never being able to try.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Procrastination. - Same from 2011. I still am a BIG procrastinator.
What is the trait you most deplore in others? Self-entitlement. Self-righteousness.
Which living person do you most admire? Here they are! Kate Middleton, Oprah Winfrey
What is your greatest extravagance? Generosity.
What is your current state of mind? Happy. Wistful. Hopeful.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Virginity. --- I don't know if there's a set of virtues but yeah, I'd guess virginity would be an overrated virtue for me, too.
On what occasion do you lie? When the truth hurts both for me and for the other party.
What is the quality you most like in a man? Knowing when to decide, when to agree and when to follow a woman.
What is the quality you most like in a woman? The resilience of woman's heart.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Oh. Wow. Really.
What or who is the greatest love of your life? My family. And then some.
When and where were you happiest? Every time I step on a plane, a new country, knowing where I am is where I wanted to be.
Which talent would you most like to have? Playing the drums.
What is your favorite occupation? I would want to study interior design and be a designer.
What is your most marked characteristic? Passion. {Scorpio's trait, actually} Still is.
What do you most value in your friends? Their decision to stay with me through thick and thin, the privilege of no judgment.
Who is your favorite hero of fiction? Carrie Bradshaw. Revolutionized the way females think.
Who are your heroes in real life? The kind people I meet everyday, the friends whom I have, who've stood by me, my mother, my dad.
What is that you most dislike? Lack of passion.
What is your most treasured possession? Pictures of me and my family. Stamps on my passport, memories I can only hold inside my head.
What do you regard as the lowest depths of misery? Regret. Regretting never doing something.{Same} {2012- Same}
What is your greatest regret? To have never done the things I could when I had the chance.
How would you like to die? For love.
What is your motto? Go long or go home.