Proust Questionnaire

WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT STATE OF MIND?
exhaustion

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE OCCUPATION?(WAY OF SPENDING TIME)
daydreaming

WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR?
Being alone

WHAT HISTORICAL FIGURE DO YOU MOST IDENTIFY WITH?
Grace Kelly?

WHICH LIVING PERSON DO YOU MOST ADMIRE?
My grandfather

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE FICTIONAL HERO?
Jane Austen?

WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST REGRET?
Having too many regrets

WHO ARE YOUR REAL-LIFE HEROES?
My grandfather

WHAT IS YOUR MOST TREASURED POSSESSION?
My heart

WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU HAPPIEST?
Italy, May 2005

WHAT IS YOUR MOST OBVIOUS CHARACTERISTIC?
Introversion, my hair(??)

WHAT IS THE TRAIT YOU MOST DEPLORE (HATE) IN YOURSELF?
My lack of motivation

WHAT IS THE TRAIT YOU MOST DEPLORE IN OTHERS?
Selfishness

WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST EXTRAVAGANCE?
My imagination

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE JOURNEY?
The one I’m on right now

WHAT DO YOU MOST DISLIKE ABOUT YOUR APPEARANCE?
My stomach

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST OVER-RATED VIRTUE?
Chastity

ON WHAT OCCASION DO YOU LIE?
When necessary; to save someone pain or embarrassment

WHICH WORDS OR PHRASES DO YOU MOST OVER-USE?
"I should"

IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
My energy/drive

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT?
University degree; being a good Aunt

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE?
London England

WHAT IS THE QUALITY YOU MOST ADMIRE IN A MAN?
Honesty

WHAT IS THE QUALITY YOU MOST ADMIRE IN A WOMAN?
Confidence

WHAT IS IT YOU MOST DISLIKE?
Superficiality; feeling inadequate

WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST IN YOUR FRIENDS?
Trust, humour

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DIE?
Happy

IF YOU WERE TO DIE AND COME BACK AS A PERSON OR AN ANIMAL, WHAT DO YOU
THINK IT WOULD BE?
Polar bear (?)

IF YOU COULD CHOOSE AN OBJECT TO COME BACK AS, WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE?An
artistic Masterpiece

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO (WORDS YOU LIVE BY OR THAT MEAN A LOT TO YOU)?
Always be kind

WHO HAS BEEN THE GREATEST INFLUENCE ON YOU?
I don’t know, there are many

I tried to respond to each question with immediacy, and as such some of the answers seem a bit off - hence the " (??)s " scattered throughout as editorial notes - but when one can't fall asleep it is an interesting exercise. Actually I'm sure it's an interesting exercise whether one is lying in bed or not... I don't know much about Proust or why these are the questions he selected, nor do I know what purpose they are meant to serve or secrets they are meant to reveal. Some of the questions I found quite difficult - certainly the use of 'greatest' and 'most' add a certain amount of gravity to ones answers.

Anywho, perhaps I should have another go at shut eye before I ramble on for another 5 minutes... G'night!