{"id":11,"date":"2015-08-09T20:55:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T20:55:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-11-10T03:20:52","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T03:20:52","slug":"who-am-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=11","title":{"rendered":"Who am I?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Who are you?&#8221; \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/beckypalmer.thecomputerguy.bz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/images.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/beckypalmer.thecomputerguy.bz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"171\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Seems like an innocent enough question, but it&#8217;s actually pretty tough- especially when you have to do it in only a couple words. \u00a0I&#8217;ve been trying to answer that myself lately and got the answer in the most unexpected place. \u00a0But first, a couple recent attempts:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">#1 I was challenged at work to describe myself in one word. \u00a0After flailing for several minutes I settled on &#8220;goofy&#8221;. \u00a0I wasn&#8217;t thrilled with that answer, especially since WAS a work exercise. \u00a0For the record the runner up words were &#8220;honest&#8221; and caring&#8221;. \u00a0I fit all of those, but I don&#8217;t think any of them give the complete picture.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">#2 I joined a group called the North Iowa Bloggers. \u00a0I&#8217;ve been aware of this group for some time but wasn&#8217;t sure if it would be a good fit for me since I don&#8217;t blog full time- this blog is just a fun little hobby of mine. \u00a0I haven&#8217;t met everyone yet, but the ones I have have been super fun so I&#8217;m feeling great about joining the group even though &#8220;blogger&#8221; isn&#8217;t one of the top words I&#8217;d use to describe myself. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Then yesterday the oddest thing happened- I happened upon a Facebook quiz. \u00a0These things are everywhere and usually about as useful as an electric pineapple. \u00a0But, I&#8217;m not above some mindless entertainment, so I took the quiz titled &#8220;What Stands Out about You?&#8221; \u00a0with zero expectations. \u00a0My answer at the end? 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