Eccentric?
Posted by barb on Apr 28, 2004 in Memes, Etc. |
I’ve had a clipping from the Minneapolis Star Tribune for years. The title is How to tell if you’re off-center. The criteria, in descending order of importance are:
- Noncomforming
- Creative
- Strongly curious
- Idealistic: Wants to make the world better
- Happily obsessed with a hobby
- Aware from childhood of being different
- Intelligent
- Opinionated, outspoken
- Noncompetitive; doesn’t need society’s reinforcement
- Unusual in living and eating habits
- Not interested in the company of others
- Possesses a mischievous sense of humor
- Single
- An oldest or only child
- A bad speller
I confess that I fit the description for numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 (except a select few people), 12, and 15. At the time I clipped the article, I was also single, and had no desire to find someone — happily, that has changed 🙂
I did a search for Dr. David Weeks, the person the clipping says is responsible for this list, and it turns out that he wrote a book, Eccentrics that I might just want to look into.