The question of the week is If you were not the you you are now, what kind of you would you be?
This is a very difficult question to answer since I cannot even remember what it felt like not to be a mother. I suppose the easiest way for me to answer this is to list out things that are the opposite of what I AM today.
If I were not who I am today, . . .
- I would be single and without any children.
- I would be a DM for some national retail chain.
- I would be well-off financially, living in an apartment-style condo, and traveling anywhere I wish throughout the year.
- I would own a compact SUV instead of a minivan.
- I would probably have a severe addiction to shopping (rather than a minor one).
- I would feel a sense of emptiness when I saw families out and about spending time together.
- I would probably belong to a gym, Netflix, and take adult enrichment classes.
- I would not have any dogs, cats, parakeets, or a turtle. Instead I would own a boa constrictor and a tarantula (so I guess that would mean I would not have a mind-numbing fear of insects either).
- I would be very vain and materialistic.
- I would enjoy slapstick and horror movies.
- I would be able to read a long novel from cover to cover in one week without falling asleep once.
- I would not find art & design interesting at all, but would love to discuss quantum physics.
- I would be able to enjoy alcoholic beverages without falling asleep.
- I would be able to remember everything I had to do without entering everything into my laptop's calendar.
- I would not get stressed out if everything was not in its proper place.
- I would have been able to type this post without getting interrupted 15 or 16 times.
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