Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish that asks bloggers to create Top Ten lists on a variety of bookish topics. This week’s topic is Ten Facts About Me.
I decided to go the non-bookish route because this prompt reminded me of US Weekly‘s 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me feature, which I love, and because I’m pretty sure there aren’t many bookish things about me that would be news to most people reading this blog.
Ten Non-Bookish Things About Me
I was an ESTJ on the Meyers-Briggs test in high school…
But, I’m now 100% confident that I’m an I (introvert).
I love going out to eat alone…
Well, if “with my Kindle” counts as alone.
I initially fought tooth and nail when my husband insisted on getting me a Kindle years ago…
OK, I cheated a little on the “non-bookish things” part of this list.
I volunteered at the 2000 Sydney Olympics…
And, I’d like to get to another Olympics in my lifetime.
I’m a terrible singer…
Ask any of my high school friends.
My married name is the same as my mother’s maiden name…
But, I swear my husband and I aren’t related…
I love trashy reality TV…
My current favorites are The Bachelor/ette/Paradise and Southern Charm. Don’t judge.
There are only a few foods I don’t like…
One of them is grapefruit.
My brain shuts down at 7 pm…
Clearly, I’m a morning person.
I hate shopping…
Which my husband thinks is fantastic!
Tell me something interesting about yourself in the comments!
I think you and I are soul sisters on a few of those accounts. It really is a small world and don’t fret the trashy reality. I’m a reality t.v. junkie. Fun non-bookish fact about me (because I started this challenge but didn’t get it finished): I use to skydive, ride a motorcycle, have a tattoo of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album cover on my shoulder blade, and had my tongue pierced (it’s a scar tissue memory now). The last three were the result of mid-life crisis, but the first was just plain fun.
I’m impressed – motorcycle and skydiving! I’ve bungee jumped before, but definitely never skydived!
Super interesting about the maiden name thing!
I used to watch so much Real Housewives/Bachelor/etc, but just can’t bring myself to do it anymore for some reason! I still watch a ton of TV, though, mostly just in Netflix binges of seasons I missed along the way.
Well…interesting and creepy!
I could never really get into Housewives. But the thing that keeps me watching the Bachelor is all the spoiler and behind the scenes info from Reality Steve…it’s fascinating watching it with that lens.
I don’t like to eat out alone but I do love to stay in a hotel by myself. I’m not much of a shopper either unless I’m shopping for books or jewelry.
I’ll take the hotel alone too! Sounds so peaceful!
I love this!! I’m an ESFP. Maybe we are such good friends because opposites attract? And I think you should have included the fact that you were a nationally ranked Jr. Olympic swimmer. But I know you are much too modest! 🙂
HA – well I have you around to tell everyone 🙂
Great facts about you, Sarah!
About me: I used to rate ENFP in the Meyers-Briggs, but now I am INTJ. I know useless trivia. Growing up I used to watch up to seven movies over a weekend; now I’m down to four (with reviews/mini reviews). I binge watch on premium channels’ TV shows. I’m a picky eater. I would love to travel the world in a cruise for an entire year.
Gosh, I didn’t think it would be so difficult to come up with ten facts about me not book related.
Wow – your Meyers Briggs really changed! I would love to take it again now that I’m an adult.
I’m an evening person, I prefer 8pm to 8am any day!
I also absolutely adore trashy day time TV 🙂
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I’m with you on many of these! Love eating out alone (or doing almost anything alone, really). Which makes me sound a bit sociopathic. I watch my fair share of reality TV. Favorites include Survivor, Ink Master, FaceOff, and yes, the Bachelor franchise. Can’t wait for the horror that is BPad. August, right? Have you watched The Great British Baking Show? If you have not, I HIGHLY recommend it, especially if you are feeling down. It is xanax in your television.
I just heard of Great British Baking Show last week – sounds like something I need to check out – cooking shows have always relaxed me! I started watching the food network in college when I couldn’t fall asleep.
And I can’t WAIT for Bach in Paradise…it’s my favorite of the 3!
Your 10 Things are cool!! Olympics? Same maiden name as your mother?!?! That’s crazy!
The eating alone is intriguing. I’m trying to “date” myself and get used to really loving the time I spend alone with myself. My goal is to have it on my 10 things one day!
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I love the term dating myself! Sounds great and hope it makes it onto your 10 things one day.
This is a fun TTT – I always like getting to know more about other book bloggers!
I also hate to shop, but it’s getting harder to avoid the older my kids get. They want things!
I love grapefruit, but hate soft apples.
I stay up way too late, because it’s the only me-time I can get.
Interesting about your last name!
OOH – soft apples sound disgusting! I’m not sure I’ve ever had one…they’re definitely supposed to be crispy.
And I put my kids to bed early just to get that downtime…but they’re also still toddlers.
I miss the days of putting my kids to bed at 7:00. Sigh….
Love this!
The Olympics thing is awesome. Especially because it was the Sydney Olympics and not at a US one.
The name thing is also cool. Creepy but cool.
Yes – being in Sydney was awesome! Great city!
And the name thing is totally creepy – all our friends make fun of us!
I think I went from being an extrovert to an introvert, too!
Yay – glad to have company! I think motherhood was what really pushed me over the edge.
I don’t know if it’s interesting or depressing, but I had 8 different careers before book blogging. It made me tired just trying to remember them.
I’ve always been 100% introvert on Meyer-Briggs but waver on the other three. Mostly INTJ- the T moves to F sometimes.
Good news for you- I love shopping so I could be your personal shopper! I’m really good at it.
We’re kind of the same except for the N/S! I’m so not surprised 🙂
And 8 careers – wow! I think I would’ve approached that number had I worked longer after having kids.
And you can be my personal shopper any day! I have another friend in my town who currently has that role. I text her pics before I buy something.
Fun list, Sarah! So does that mean that you got to go to Syndey? How awesome! I love the Olympics and am hoping to convert the girls (at least Elle) this summer. I mean…how can a five year old not be enamored by gymnastics? (Track is one of my faves, though).
Totally with you on the shopping. I HATE it. That’s why things like Le Tote and Stitch Fix have become such a blessing for me.
Yes – I went to Sydney! It was awesome – probably my favorite big city in the world (well, of the one’s I’ve been to).
And I love Stitch Fix too!
I love this week’s topic! Volunteering at the Olympics must be amazing! I’ve never seen a single episode of the Bachelor(ette), but I have seen 15 of the 20ish seasons of America’s Next Top Model, so no judging here!
No judging Top Model either!
Fun facts! I don’t mind going out to eat alone either, as long as I have a book with me of course 🙂 And I still am fighting the kindle a bit, but I’m warming up to it.
Oh yes, the book is key!
Um I snuck off and cried when my husband bought me a kindle because I was so mad. What a fool I was.
I love that you volunteered in Sydney! I’m still a bit heartbroken that Chicago lost out for 2016.
I know, right?! It’s the best thing ever! I read 100% on my Kindle now!
I love going out to eat alone too! I used to only do it at take away places and coffee shops, then ventured to eating at the bar… and now I’m all “table for one please” and it’s GREAT. Since E has been born, I’ve been leaving for a few hours here and there on the weekends to give The Hubs and baby some one and one, and to get E to take a bottle, since won’t if I’m anywhere in sniffing distance. It’s been nice to treat myself once and awhile 🙂
Good for you and I use my escapes to go read somewhere too! Sometimes over a meal, sometimes at a coffee shop!
That’s so cool that you volunteered at the Olympics! I am a fellow terrible singer, I wish I could sing, but I just can’t!
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Yay – glad to have a fellow terrible singer!
the bachelor franchise is my guilty pleasure! It’s so bad it’s good and i cannot turn away and not not get invested in the drama/characters. I can NOT wait for bachelor in paradise in august! ps- who do you think Jojo is going to pick?!
I love Paradise…maybe even more than the Bach/ette! And I can’t answer that question b/c I read all the spoilers and know who she picks!
This is a great topic. So many of us opened up today and I feel like we have a lot in common hehe.
I agree – I loved learning more about everyone’s personal sides!
Hahaha, I love these factoids! That’s so awesome that you were able to volunteer at an Olympics. I hope you get to do it again someday. 🙂
Also, I *might* just post this prompt a day late tomorrow because it’s too danged fun.
Me too!
So many cool things I just learned about you. I love eating out alone as well. I used to feel pathetic but now I feel mysterious and kinda cool. I have turned into a morning person and can’t stay up late anymore. That’s why this response is jumbled. G’night!
I think it takes us getting older and maturing to be comfortable with eating out alone. And I’m with you on not staying up late!
I think I was much more of an extrovert in high school. Even now I’m not a usual introvert because social situations don’t stress me out and I have no problem talking to people but it’s so draining and I need time by myself to refresh. I love trashy TV too! I love The Bachelorette and The Bachelor and then Bachelors in Paradise is such a train wreck in the best possible way! I’m not sure what I think of this group of guys. The final ones kind of all blend together.
I’m the exact same type of introvert as you are! Love being social for periods of time, but get really exhausted by it and need to be alone to recharge.
Snap on so many points! I hate shopping, I love going out to eat alone (with my Kindle) and I’m the same with trashy tv – in fact, a friend once commented that it was odd that I ‘read literature but watched crap’ – hahaha!
Haha – I like that!
I hate shopping too – if there’s something specific I absolutely have to get from a physical shop, I’ll make sure they have it before I go there so that I can get the thing and get out without hanging around in there. I never go to a shopping centre “just to see what’s there”. That’s like a nightmare or something.
I’m a big online shopper 🙂
I hate shopping too Sarah. I hate going out period, so nope eating out alone even with my kindle isn’t something I would do. This was a fun post!
How awesome that you volunteered at the Olympics! And are you SURE you and your husband aren’t related? (Just kidding!)
Haha! My cousin is really into our family’s genealogy so I had him check it out 🙂 Plus, my “Dickinson” side originally came from Alabama and John’s from the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
I love to eat out alone too (with a book), it’s the same reason I enjoy traveling alone. Online shopping was MADE for me. I am firmly an INTP and I don’t think there’s ever been a point where I’ve been an extrovert. Interesting fact about me… I don’t know. I go through TV phases. I’ll find something I love and watch it, but then go months without turning it on. Also, I had a childhood neighbor and friend with your same name and every time you pop up on the recommended friend list on Facebook I think it’s her!
That’s so funny about your neighbor! What a random coincidence.
Lots of I’s in the book blogging world, but I guess that’s to be expected!