What makes you, you? What makes you tick? What kinds of things do you notice? What fills up your brain? Below are some places to start:

s-tier

  • what’s your roman empire?
  • what’s your favorite book?
  • what does it feel like to fall in love?
  • are you yin-dominant, yang-dominant, or somewhere in-between?
  • what do people misunderstand about you? what do you wish they understood?
  • what question do you want to be asked?

perception-check

  • what impresses you?
  • what does it mean to have a good sense of humor?
  • what’s your opinion on shoplifting?
  • is it ethical to be disagreeable?
  • white lies: yay or nay?
  • what do you think happens to us when we die?
  • what do you think about designer babies?
  • what’s your perspective on recreational drugs?
  • can you visualize a red apple?

your internal world

  • what’s your favorite way to cook a potato?
  • tell me about something you deeply understand
  • what kind of keepsakes do you hold onto?
  • what does your ideal day look like?
  • do you enjoy your birthdays? what do you like to do on them?
  • If you could compartmentalize your brain, what would fill those compartments up? what’s consistent, what’s transient?
  • if I had a box with everything you’ve ever lost inside it, what would you look for?
  • do you feel comfortable in your own body?
  • what makes you feel comfortable in your own body?
  • what was the first time you knew you were in love?
  • when was the first time you felt grief?
  • how do you know when you’re being real?

in relationships

  • if your parents were your age, would you be friends with them?
  • what’s something you hope people notice about you?
  • do you and your partner have communities that collide? is one stronger than the other?
  • what kind of people do you like to make friends with?
  • what’s your relationship with social media like?
  • have you ever been in a clique?
  • if you could choose any of your friends (who are a couple), who would you want to raise you? (think about the food they’d make, their emotional intelligence, whether they’d travel, etc.)
  • do you like to be perceived? when yes, when no?

influences

  • whats the most out of place you’ve ever felt?
  • were you a good student? how do you think that’s impacted the person you are today?
  • if you could divide your life into before and after, what event would separate the two?
  • what’s the closest you’ve come to death?
  • did you grow up with parents who wanted you to learn manners?
  • did you take the ACT or the SAT?
  • do you have any memories of fire? what age, with who, where?

the riddle (it’s not a riddle)

  • favorite color? this represents the qualities u value in yourself
  • favorite animal? this represents the qualities u value in others
  • favorite element? this represents ur view on spirituality

Appendix

  • what groceries u been into lately

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