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The Road: A Simple 4-Part Psychological Survey of Attitudes
ednbarby:
Oh, boy. I just went back and read the interpretation. Felt pretty good about myself until I got to the bottle part. Not only do I not want to leave other people alone, I want to discard them.
:o
Scott6373:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on May 07, 2007, 04:11:16 pm ---1. You’re walking on a road. It’s your road. Tell me about it. My road is West Lake Road, in Canandaigua, New York. It's the road I lived on from the ages of 13 to 22 (the last 4 of which I was mostly at college four hours away). I used to walk a 2-mile stretch of it regularly, through all seasons. I know it like the back of my hand.
2. As you walk, you pass a body of water, describe it. It is Canandaigua Lake. Formed by glaciars, it is much like a mountain lake, even though the area it's in is called 'the Drumlin hills.' It is 19 miles long by 2.5 miles wide at its widest point, on which I lived. Its color changes with the sky, but on a sunny day it's a deep, midnight blue.
3. Directly in your path is an empty bottle. What’s your response to it? I pick it up to take home and recycle, or at least to throw in a trash can if I pass one by.
4. You continue until you find yourself facing a wall that crosses your road perpendicularly. What do you do? I go around it if I can. If it goes too far in either direction, I turn back and head for home.
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I have a Canandaigua coffee mug...Got it when we went there to our niece's college graduation.
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: Scott on May 07, 2007, 05:22:21 pm ---I have a Canandaigua coffee mug...Got it when we went there to our niece's college graduation.
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Ain't it purdy there?
And does the mug say "The Chosen Place" on it? (Canandaigua is supposed to be Iroquoi, I believe, for that.)
Amber:
1. You’re walking on a road. It’s your road. Tell me about it. My road is like Highway 41 in Kananaskis - it has a lot of turns in it, the road has a few pot holes, there are beautiful mountains in view at all times, wonderful wildflowers, wildlife and has a lot of exits to beautiful sites.
2. As you walk, you pass a body of water, describe it. It's a small creek, that runs down from a mountain, is ice cold, runs quickly over rocks and has tree lined banks.
3. Directly in your path is an empty bottle. What’s your response to it? Pick it up and carry it with me until I can find the right place to put it.
4. You continue until you find yourself facing a wall that crosses your road perpendicularly. What do you do? I'd analyze the situation to find the easiest way over.
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I just did this with my husband as well. Man oh man were his answers scary - there were (1) A street with cracked sidewalks on either side, shade trees and where everyone knows everyone else, and with a Boston Market close by *lol* (2) A puddle (3) Walk by it and ignore it and (4) Wonder who the heck built a wall in my way. ::) Oh dear, oh dear.
Lynne:
This is a great quiz, Dottie! Thank you!
1. You’re walking on a road. It’s your road. Tell me about it.
My road is an interstate highway - stretching infinitely in both directions. So if this is my 'attitude about life' then I hope it means I see opportunity in all directions; it's worrisome, though that I'm not at a crossroads with more than two choices, I think.
2. As you walk, you pass a body of water, describe it.
It's the ocean - maybe Oregon or Maine - a rocky shoreline frigid water. If this is my attitude toward feelings, intimacy, and sex, hmm...I like the infinite possibilities, but there's also a cycle, regularity that I think is important to me. The rocky shoreline probably means that I will usually complicate things.
3. Directly in your path is an empty bottle. What’s your response to it?
I pick it up, make sure there's no note inside ;) and put it in my bag to dispose of properly later. If the bottle is my 'attitude toward other people' then I wonder if it's codependency issues coming to light? or a desire to take care of people when it's in my power to do so. I do know that I'm incapable of walking by an empty bottle in real life without picking it up.
4. You continue until you find yourself facing a wall that crosses your road perpendicularly. What do you do?
Depends on the gear in my possession...if I have a rope, I'm going over; if I have a shovel, I'm digging under it; if I have a map, I'm finding a route around it. If this is my 'attitude toward problems,' then I guess I try to be pragmatic...going back is not a good option.
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