What went through my mind was a consideration of which of those bothered me - for instance (and speaking only for me) it chafes (in the mild, *really*, don't you have something bigger to worry about besides yourself manner) that I am (imo) less creative than many people on my flist. But being less rich, less sexually active or less kinky is leaving me with a great lack of concern.
That is veeeery interesting. I think - hmmm. Some of the ones I ticked gave me guilt, but the only one that would seriously have bothered me is if I'd ticked "less smart."
What would be v. interesting is if we could see what the average concept of "successful" is
One of the things that interests me, that is really beyond the scope of any quiz, is how people define success, what constitutes success. Like, for me, fandom doesn't figure into it - although fandom definitely figured predominantly into "liked" and "creative" - but a lot of things that might not count under "success" for other people did. I guess what I was really asking there was, "How much have you met the standards/goals/dreams you set for yourself, as compared to your perception of how your friends list has?"
But I used a few very ambiguous - or at least very personally defined - terms deliberately; part of what interests me is how people respond instinctively to questions using terms like that.
perhaps it would be interesting to ask "are you more successful than your flist in fannish terms" and "are you more successful than your flist in real life terms" and see if there is a difference in responses.
It'd be interesting to do a whole post on success, actually - asks what people think constitutes success in fandom, what they think constitutes success in RL, if those intersect at all, and how folks are doing with that. *thoughtful* Of course, I myself would not do a post like that, because I don't have the guts, but - oh, it would be so interesting.
Re: Success
That is veeeery interesting. I think - hmmm. Some of the ones I ticked gave me guilt, but the only one that would seriously have bothered me is if I'd ticked "less smart."
What would be v. interesting is if we could see what the average concept of "successful" is
One of the things that interests me, that is really beyond the scope of any quiz, is how people define success, what constitutes success. Like, for me, fandom doesn't figure into it - although fandom definitely figured predominantly into "liked" and "creative" - but a lot of things that might not count under "success" for other people did. I guess what I was really asking there was, "How much have you met the standards/goals/dreams you set for yourself, as compared to your perception of how your friends list has?"
But I used a few very ambiguous - or at least very personally defined - terms deliberately; part of what interests me is how people respond instinctively to questions using terms like that.
perhaps it would be interesting to ask "are you more successful than your flist in fannish terms" and "are you more successful than your flist in real life terms" and see if there is a difference in responses.
It'd be interesting to do a whole post on success, actually - asks what people think constitutes success in fandom, what they think constitutes success in RL, if those intersect at all, and how folks are doing with that. *thoughtful* Of course, I myself would not do a post like that, because I don't have the guts, but - oh, it would be so interesting.