Inventory of Being

So, I was thinking about writing a list of things that I want to do within my life time, but then i came across my inventory of being in English class and thought it was much better. we were given an example and had to write our own "inventory of being" beginning with I am ____ , and ending with I am____ and this is 200_. i got a pretty good mark, she couldn't see my theme right away though, so i lost marks there... but all in all, i like it, and want to write another one sometime. i could have kept going with this one all night long, but it was hard to write it while sticking to a theme... had it been free verse, i would have still been writing.
well... here it is...!

Kristen, an Inventory of Being

I am Kristen

I am gifted, but I don’t let myself fall into a category.
I am my own category.

I have lived in Markham my entire life.
I am the oldest of 2, albeit the shortest.
I am a global citizen.

I am an athlete, and a team player.
I am a girl guide, and it’s taken me places you would never dream of.
I am a musician, although it’s taken me a while to figure out that it will be my life’s work.

But first, I am a daughter, cousin, sister, and a friend.

I still believe in Santa, even if it’s just his spirit.
I believe in gender equality, but maybe there are jobs just better left to each one.
I also believe in equal rights throughout the world, and a global community.

I think Shakespeare and Jane Goodall are genius.

I could learn history all day, but I’d rather it be Campbell’s style, condensed.

I adore learning, but I don’t think tests are the best measure of knowledge.

I love travelling, 12 countries down, so many more to go.

I have worked an entire summer with a severely handicapped girl,
And I think I learned more from her than she did from me.
I have climbed the Alps through the Swiss night just to see the sun rise, and I swear it builds character.
I have run service projects in Mexico,
And it’s made me put a lot more things into perspective.

I like to wear my hair back, or in braids, because it doesn’t like to co-operate with me unless I spend more time with it than its worth.

I would rather spend money on going places and seeing people than for buying fancy clothes or objects, because after all, they are only things.

I am 10th generation Canadian, and damn proud of it.
Before that, we came from Scotland, England and Germany.
Before Scotland, we came from France.

This font is Kristen. *(or atleast it used to be)
I am very proud of where I come from, although I sometimes wish I had a more interesting culture.
Coming from Canada, it was a big shock for me to go to Scotland where everyone was named Morrison, including the grocery store.

I want to have a large family, but I suppose I need to get married first.

I don’t care what people think about how I dress, but more about their opinion of what’s inside me.

I don’t do anything by the book.

I make a big deal about things other people don’t, and it frustrates me.

I have never been the best at anything, except perhaps, being me.

I am one who needs friends, someone to talk to.

I love people, although they sometimes have more of a hold on my emotions than I would like.
I have a genuine love for music; my life would be empty without it.
I need to make a difference.

I think rock climbing is the scariest thing in the world, besides dead things and solos.
But that hasn’t stopped me from climbing, even if I come down every time crying.

I would live outside in a heartbeat, just to get away from the city.
I am an environmentalist. Just ask my grade 6 class.

Josh Groban may just have the most beautiful voice I’ve ever heard, but he’s in contention with Alan Doyle from Great Big Sea.

I hate reading aloud in class, but I volunteer every time so I can get better at it.
I don’t understand why people are afraid to answer questions in class.
I learn by doing, and have often taken over my kitchen to do even the simplest homework, just so I can understand it more thoroughly.

I hate posers, imitators, and fakes. Be yourself.

I never tell people what I really think of them, but I will tell them a lot.

I hate clingy people, yet I can sometimes catch myself being a little clingy.

I would move to Italy any day, if it weren’t so far away from Markham.
I would move to England any day, if it weren’t so expensive.
I would move to Africa any day, if I could only look out my window and not feel completely hopeless for not being able to save them all.

I want to make everything alright, but I am also realistic.

I love fundraising for charities, especially running events.

I hate being forgotten, but don’t speak up for myself often enough in fear of appearing pushy.

I love it when the younger girls I work with look up to me as their big sister in guiding.

I hate how everything is measured by numbers, grades, levels, and not experience or passion.

I love being busy, I go stir crazy at home.

I hate it when people don’t act on their commitments.

I love how I’ve found such powerful positive influences through guiding, and have a family outside of my own.

I hate it when people complain to me about being too busy or having too much homework, when I believe I am busier and have more homework than them. (Yet, I am not complaining to them!)

I wish more people would see me for who I am, who I really am.

I think a good teacher can make the biggest difference in someone’s life.

I often wonder what others are thinking, if only I could read minds.
I often wonder just how different I am from everyone else.
I often wonder what I would be like if I were born to a different family, or somewhere else.

I turn out my best work late at night, but pay for it the next day.

I could tell you stories all day, but I always feel this strange let-down at the end when people don’t share the same enthusiasm as I do.

I believe everything happens for a reason, and would like to believe in karma.

I love to help people, often going way out of my way to help a friend.

No matter how technologically advanced we get, I will always think better in hard copy.

I believe it takes a child to raise a village, and vice versa.
I believe growing up is something you have to do for yourself.
I believe it would take very little to end world hunger, yet all the greater forces in the world are too concerned with themselves to do anything about it.

I need something more, but I haven’t found it yet.

I am Kristen, and this is 2006.