Oh, It’s Tuesday: What is the Trait You Most Deplore in Yourself? [Proust Questionnaire]

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Alas, so many traits came to mind for for the question of “What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?” that they’ve been battling it out.

Over the weekend, when I tried wearing a girdle to my friend’s play, only to have it go excruciating on me by the second act,  I thought I might put down Vanity.

Then it became Jealousy when I realized that I was the fattest woman in an audience of mostly actors.

Then it became Procrastination when I didn’t get as much done as I wanted to get done on Monday.

Then it became Obnoxiousness, when I became aware that I kept on interrupting with my own thoughts whenever the friend I was shopping was making a point or telling a story.

Then it became Lack of Will Power, when I had a glass of wine and vegged out in front of the television last night as opposed to working on Fierce and Nerdy or my novel.

Then it became Sloth when I woke up this morning and immediately started coming up with reasons why I couldn’t formally exercise for the fourth day in a row.

Then it became Generally Horrible Friend, when I saw that my inbox which I was supposed to be emptying out every single day was now at 137 messages for my yahoo account alone.

Then as I was writing this, I realized that I had been doing nothing but putting myself down for a few days now, and I thought, “Oh, well it’s time to stop that now. The point is you’re fine. You’re better than fine. You’re wonderful, Ernessa.”

And then I added Optimistic Despite to the mental list of things that I most like about myself.

So instead of answering this particular PQ question, I would like to ask you guys about what traits you most admire in yourselves.

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Ernessa T. Carter is the author of the novel, 32 CANDLES, which will be released on June 22, 2010. Pre-order your copy on Amazon here.