The ever amazing Abbie tagged me a while back for the sunshine blogger tag - which, if you will remember, is my one of my favorite tags of all time.
And Abbie's questions happen to be really good, so here you have a get-to-know-Lisa-some-more type of post.
What would your dream career look like?
What a brilliant question! I actually have many versions of my dream career but let's say my favorite scenario would be traveling the world as reporter of good news, so to speak. Writing the stories of little people who make a big difference + ordinary humans following Jesus to the ends of the earth. I'd like to write these stories in all forms - essays and travel articles and short stories and novels. I'd like to document people who do good stuff but who probably won't ever write a book or get their biography written. That would sorta combine my love for traveling and writing and nonfiction stories of inspiring humans.
What fictional character do you relate to the most?
Oh wow. Only one? That's really hard.
The best I can do is say I'd be a mash-up of Peter + Susan from The Chronicles of Narnia (and I'm using both the books and movies, because I love them all to death).
PETER. oldest of four. carries responsibility on his shoulders. worried bro. the one in whose shadow the younger ones live. sometimes letting his responsibility and worry get the better of him.
SUSAN. practical. too "grown up". seemingly too old for playing. too concerned and worried over her younger siblings to have fun.
Who is your biggest inspiration/role model?
I think different people inspire you in different areas of life, so ... picking only one person is difficult. Other than the wonderful + ordinary people I know in real life and the blogging world, whom I definitely look up to in various ways, I'd say my greatest role models have been the persons in the biographies/autobiographies I have lived on my entire bookworm life.
(and hereby I recommend you my favorite nonfiction books of all time)
Jim Elliot + Elisabeth. (Shadow of the Almighty is my all around favorite nonfiction book ever.) David Wilkerson. (His autobiographical books have forever blown me away by his experiences of miracles + faith.) Shane Claiborne. (I'm sort of modeling my dream life after his experiences. XD) Mother Teresa. (I read Come Be My Light and afterward went and copied pages and pages of quotes by hand.) Floyd McClung. (I suggest reading Living on the Devil's Doorstep.) Corrie ten Boom. (I first read The Hiding Place as a nine year old. Wow. Go me.)
And in the end I guess I can say that I hope Jesus is my absolute GREATEST role model, because none of these humans whom I admire would have been half that they were without him.
What goals are you working on right now?
Trying to cope with my high school workload + developing some discipline in regards to time management. Wish me luck.
If you could magically receive one quality, what would it be?
I believe that a lot of desirable qualities can be developed, so I'm not hugely desperate to gain one magically. But, it would be awesome if I could gain some bravery to face people + the future or self control to help me in time management without having to do any practicing or failing XD
What skills do you wish you had?
Are we talking about real life skills that I don't have but could develop or about fantasy magic skills?
Real life - Playing an instrument well without having to practice every day. Being amazing at all art forms without having to learn them. Driving. Web designing. Making travel vlogs. Talking to strangers without feeling like I want to hide behind my phone.
Fantasy life - shapeshifting into animals and telekinesis and teleportation.
What’s your favorite way to practice self-care?
Hmmmm, to be honest I've never thought of anything I do as "self care", but now that I consider it, I think a lot of things do count as such.
I'd say journaling is my favorite form because it helps me unwind + unstress + record lots of good moments + sort thoughts. And while drawing isn't usually in this category, it really helps me to relax, so yes??
What is your favorite quote and why?
I love lots of quotes but I never keep a record, and whenever I'm asked I can't remember any. Right now I love this one from The Irresistible Revolution:
being a Christian is about
choosing Jesus and deciding
to do something incredibly
daring with your life.
What is the biggest life lesson you have learned so far?
I don't know really. I've learned so much - how do you chose only one thing?
Maybe, if I really had to pick, I'd say that SMALL THINGS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT. One dreams about doing big things and about one's amazing future dream life but actually those huge achievements are a collection of small things. And as Mother Teresa says, it's not the big things, but the little things you do with great love.
Also one that I find really constant is that God hears + answers prayers and that's the one best thing one can do about any problem (pray).
What are you most looking forward to this year?
I look forward to starting a grade 11 course in screenwriting + reading Ted Dekker's soon-to-be-published books (five all together, by the end of this year). Also I might get a new job? So yay!
How do you want to impact the world?
I hope to be this little ray of sunshine in real life, doing good, little tings everyday to ordinary people and to love them + make friends so that when I die there'll be many, many people who remember me fondly (including people who'll never know when I died). I'd also like to inspire people through whatever I choose to do as a career. But like I said, it's the little things in every day life.
Like, in essence - impact the world. one friend at a time.
Time to tag people! *rubs hands together*
Questions -
one movie you think everyone should see and why?
what does your dream life look like?
what one quality would you want to be remembered for after you're gone?
if your life was a book, how would you describe it in comp titles? (hint: your life in comp titles is when you say my life would be like The Hunger Games meets James Bond meets Pride and Prejudice. And yes, I totally threw those titles together at random.)
your favorite trope, and your least favorite trope, from books?
one thing that people in real life don't know about you, but all your internet friends do?
if you could rename your blog, what would you call it?
your favorite social media, and why it is your favorite?
if your life was a movie, what would be its theme song?
what makes a book a five star read (for you)?
what is a dream hairstyle that you would love to sport, but haven't yet?
Tagging -
all right, speak up, my dudes!
what would your career look like, i'm curious to know?? and ... if you want the tag feel free to steal it!
wishing you sunshine.
lisa.
