Self Observation

I am one of life's observers.  I don't interact much and feel more comfortable being the supporting act rather than the star.  I have worried for years about lacking ambition and when I was employed I had no desire to move up the ranks and was happy to stay put.  I feel that my lack of ambition has been viewed negatively by past employers and colleagues who only see promotion as a benchmark of progress/success in work.

Trying to make sense of myself and how others perceive me, I took a Myers-Briggs personality test.  My personality indicator came out as ISFJ which is introversion, sensing, feeling, judging.  I think the test accurately describes me. EDITED 21 June 2016 . I was incorrect with the test.  After redoing the test and finding a report on when I had done it previously, I am a INFP personality type and this one DEFINITELY describes me!!!

I have recently found out that I was born under a balsamic moon and that cancer was in my mid heaven at the time of my birth.

In western astrology I have: sun in Aries, rising sign Libra, Moon in Pisces

In vedic (jyotish) astrology: sun in Pisces, rising sign Virgo, Moon in Aquarius

I don't know if it is helpful (as yet) to collate all this (useless?) information about myself.   I do know that I want grounding though and if putting myself in various labelled boxes helps me to do this it will all be worthwhile.

After the Rain

Craft Fair Observations

I have had a week to reflect on the craft fair.  It was a useful experience in some ways.  The best seller was the item shown above.  A pack of six tags for £1.50.  These probably took the least skill to make than anything else on the stall and probably have at least £1.50's worth of baker's twine in each pack!

I made the following observations:

• No one even looked at the scented mice in the basket.

• I didn't sell one fabric flower brooch.

• There was no interest in the collage card packs (I would have been interested!).

• Nobody bought the paper jam pot covers (one woman said she likes to make hers using recycled T- shirts).

• There was no interest in the autumn sprites (I think one person scrawled down the poem that came with them).

• People say 'I will come back after looking around' (they never do).

• Paper currency is given for small change items, requiring one to scrabble about for the correct change.

• I didn't sell one pack of my hand drawn and hand cut original tags.

• The key rings with pagan themed metal charms sold well (which surprised me in a church).

• By putting 'jam gift tags' on the label confuses some customers and they ask if they can only be used on jars of jam.

Thinking back to some of the visitors on the day such as the woman who wanted to buy a brooch but had no money as she was on the way to the allotment,  reminds me of the saying 'there's nowt queer as folk'.