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All About Me Questions for Teens and Adults

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  1. What was the first thing you learned to do that made you feel grown up?
  2. What have you made that you are proud of?
  3. Which age would you gladly stay for an extra year?
  4. Clear desk or everything within reach?
  5. What is the best concert, game or show you have seen live?
  6. What do you do with ten spare minutes?
  7. What is the best invention of the last hundred years?
  8. What game did you love as a kid?
  9. Which compliment has stuck with you for years?
  10. What do you put on when you need to concentrate?
  11. What kind of movie do you pick for a night in?
  12. Which season suits you best, and what do you do with it?
  13. What is better homemade than store-bought?
  14. Window seat or aisle, and why?
  15. What do you reread, rewatch or replay when you need comfort?
  16. What is the best advice anyone has given you?
  17. What is your favorite snack for a long car ride?
  18. What do you do in the first ten minutes after you wake up?
  19. Which ice cream flavor do you order without reading the board?
  20. Whose small kindness do you still think about?

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Basics 19

  • Are you left-handed, right-handed or a bit of both? Right-handed, but I deal cards with my left.
  • How do you like to be cheered up after a rough day? Leave me alone for an hour, then bring snacks.
  • How do you spend most weekdays? At school until three, then practice. At a desk, with a walk at lunch.
  • How would a good friend describe you in one sentence? Late, but worth waiting for.
  • What are you good at that would never show up on a report card or a resume? Untangling necklaces, cords and arguments.
  • What are you known for among your friends? Remembering birthdays. Bringing a deck of cards everywhere.
  • What do people tend to remember about you after a first meeting? That I asked a lot of questions.
  • What do you carry with you almost everywhere? A pen, a granola bar and a library card.
  • What do you collect, or what did you once collect? Postcards from places I have never been.
  • What do you like being asked about? My garden. Any band I saw last month.
  • What hobby takes up most of your free time? Climbing, three evenings a week.
  • What kind of place do you live in: city, suburb, small town or countryside? A small town with one stoplight.
  • What languages do you speak, or wish you spoke? English and some Spanish. I wish I spoke Japanese.
  • What ordinary thing do you enjoy more than most people do? A window seat. Grocery shopping with a list.
  • What role do you take in a group: planner, joker, listener or something else? Planner. I bring the list and the snacks.
  • What skill could you teach someone in ten minutes? How to fold a fitted sheet. How to juggle two balls.
  • What three words describe you best? Curious, stubborn, early.
  • What time of day do you feel most like yourself? About ten at night, when the house is quiet.
  • Which subject could you explain without looking anything up? Bridges. Old video game music. Bread.

Favorites 22

  • What color do you pick when you get the choice? Green, the darker the better.
  • What do you put on when you need to concentrate? Film scores. Anything with no words.
  • What is your favorite board game to bring to a game night? Anything with tiles and rules that fit on one page.
  • What is your favorite drink on a cold day? Hot chocolate with too many marshmallows. Black tea.
  • What is your favorite school subject, now or back then? History, because of one good teacher. Shop class.
  • What is your favorite snack for a long car ride? Pretzels and sour gummies.
  • What is your favorite sport or game to watch? Baseball on the radio. Any final, in any sport.
  • What is your favorite thing to cook or bake? Banana bread. A big pot of chili.
  • What is your favorite way to get moving? A bike ride before dinner. Dancing in the kitchen.
  • What is your favorite way to relax after a long day? A bath and a podcast. Shooting hoops in the driveway.
  • What is your favorite way to spend a free Saturday morning? The farmers market, then nothing on purpose.
  • What kind of book or magazine do you reach for? Mysteries. Cookbooks I read like novels.
  • What kind of movie do you pick for a night in? A heist with a clever plan. Anything animated.
  • What smell makes you happy right away? Cut grass. Rain on a hot sidewalk. Toast.
  • What would you miss about where you live if you moved away? The river path. Everything is a ten-minute walk.
  • Where at home do you end up when you have a free hour? The end of the couch by the lamp.
  • Which animal could you happily watch all day? Otters. Crows working out a puzzle.
  • Which day of the week do you look forward to most? Thursday. The week is nearly done and nothing is due.
  • Which forecast are you always glad to see? Cold and bright. A thunderstorm I can watch from indoors.
  • Which ice cream flavor do you order without reading the board? Mint chip. Coffee, in a cone.
  • Which season suits you best, and what do you do with it? Fall. Long walks, soup and the first sweater.
  • Which topping do you add to almost anything? Hot sauce. Pickled onions.

Firsts 17

  • What do you cook first when you have the kitchen to yourself? Grilled cheese, extra crispy.
  • What do you do first when you are stuck on a problem? Go for a walk. Explain it out loud to nobody.
  • What do you do first when you have a whole day free? Make a list, then ignore it.
  • What do you do first when you walk in your own front door? Shoes off, kettle on.
  • What do you do in the first ten minutes after you wake up? Open the curtains. Hit snooze, twice.
  • What do you do on the first day of a vacation? Find the nearest bakery. Sleep until noon.
  • What do you look at first on a restaurant menu? Desserts, so I can plan backwards.
  • What is the first song you would put on a road trip playlist? Something everyone in the car can sing.
  • What is the first thing you notice when you walk into a room? The books on the shelf. Where the good chair is.
  • What is the first thing you pack for a trip? Headphones. A paperback I will not finish.
  • What is the first thing you read, watch or listen to each day? The weather. A word puzzle. The same morning radio show.
  • What was the first hobby you stuck with for more than a year? Skateboarding. Choir.
  • What was the first thing you learned to do that made you feel grown up? Riding the bus alone. Making pancakes without help.
  • What would you learn first if you had a free month? To weld. Enough Italian to order dinner.
  • Which ride or stall do you head for first at a fair? The Ferris wheel. Whatever sells fried dough.
  • Which section do you head for first in a bookstore or library? Graphic novels. The new arrivals table.
  • Who is the first person you tell when something good happens? My sister. My best friend, by voice message.

Habits 20

  • Do you get to places early, on time or just after? Ten minutes early, then I wait in the car.
  • How do you keep track of things to do: paper list, app or memory? A paper list I rewrite every Monday.
  • How do you recharge: alone, with one person or in a crowd? Alone first, then with one person.
  • How do you take your coffee, tea or morning drink? Tea, milk, no sugar. Orange juice, no pulp.
  • How do you wind down before sleep? Ten pages of a book. Stretching on the floor.
  • What do you do with ten spare minutes? A crossword. Water the plants.
  • What do you doodle when you have a pen and nothing to do? Cubes. Little houses with smoke from the chimney.
  • What do you listen to while you clean or do chores? Musicals, loudly. A mystery podcast.
  • What do you nearly always do on a Sunday? Laundry, a long call and a slow dinner.
  • What do you pack when you bring your own lunch? Leftovers, eaten cold. A peanut butter sandwich.
  • What do you reread, rewatch or replay when you need comfort? The same baking show, season after season.
  • What do you snack on during a movie? Popcorn with too much butter.
  • What does your usual morning look like? Alarm at six, dog walk, toast standing up.
  • What habit are you proud of? Reading before bed. Writing things down at once.
  • What habit would you like to drop? Saying yes before I check my calendar.
  • What is on your desk or table right now? Two mugs, a plant and a stack of sticky notes.
  • What is your usual order at a coffee shop or diner? Pancakes, whatever the hour.
  • What small ritual do you never skip? Making the bed. One stretch before I stand up.
  • Which chore do you not mind doing? Washing dishes, with music on.
  • Which household job do you put off the longest? Folding laundry. Matching socks.

Memories 18

  • What did your family do every year that you still do now? Pancakes on the first snow day.
  • What game did you love as a kid? Flashlight tag. Any game with marbles.
  • What have you made that you are proud of? A bookshelf that is nearly level.
  • What is the best advice anyone has given you? Start before you feel ready.
  • What is the best concert, game or show you have seen live? A community theater show that had no right to be that good.
  • What is the best trip or day out you have taken? A train ride along the coast with no plan.
  • What lesson did you learn the hard way? Measure twice. Save the file first.
  • What meal do you still think about? Noodles at a counter with six seats.
  • What small moment from this year do you want to remember? The first warm evening on the porch.
  • What sound brings back a summer from when you were a kid? A screen door slamming. An ice cream truck two streets away.
  • When did you last laugh until you cried? A charades round that went badly wrong.
  • When did you surprise yourself? I spoke at the meeting and my voice held.
  • When were you brave? The first day at a new school. The high diving board.
  • Which book, show or movie stayed with you for weeks? One with an ending I kept arguing with.
  • Which compliment has stuck with you for years? You make people feel listened to.
  • Which gift were you proudest to give? A photo album I spent a month on.
  • Which team, club or group were you glad to be part of? Stage crew. A Sunday morning running group.
  • Whose small kindness do you still think about? A neighbor shoveled our walk all winter and never said so.

Opinions 18

  • What food does everyone seem to love that you do not? Cilantro. Anything with raisins hidden in it.
  • What is better homemade than store-bought? Birthday cake. Salad dressing.
  • What is the best invention of the last hundred years? The dishwasher. Noise-canceling headphones.
  • What is the best way to spend a rainy day? A jigsaw puzzle and a pot of soup.
  • What is the right way to eat a slice of pizza? Folded, no fork, crust last.
  • What is worth waking up early for? A sunrise hike. Fresh doughnuts. An empty pool.
  • What makes a good friend? They remember the small stuff and show up.
  • What makes a good teammate? They say what they will do, then do it.
  • What makes a house feel like a home? Lamps instead of overhead lights. Something on the stove.
  • What makes a meeting or a class worth showing up for? It starts on time and someone brought a real question.
  • What rule should every home have? Whoever cooks does not wash up.
  • What should everyone learn to do by eighteen? Make three dinners. Change a tire. Write a thank-you note.
  • What small hill will you cheerfully defend? A dishwasher has one right way to be loaded.
  • What small thing do you think matters a lot? Saying thank you by name. Returning the cart.
  • Which age would you gladly stay for an extra year? Ten. Old enough for a bike, too young for bills.
  • Which job deserves more thanks? School bus drivers. Night-shift nurses.
  • Which thing you own earns its keep every single week? A headlamp. A good backpack.
  • Which word or phrase gets used too much? Literally. Circle back.

Goals 18

  • How would you spend a spare hour if one turned up every day? Sleep for half of it and read for the rest.
  • What do you hope this group, class or team does together this year? One trip that is not about work. A shared playlist.
  • What do you want to get better at saying no to? Extra committees. One more episode.
  • What do you want to learn before this year is out? To swim a full lap without stopping.
  • What do you want to make with your own hands? A quilt. A table that does not wobble.
  • What do you want to try at least once? Pottery on a wheel. Sleeping under the stars.
  • What fear would you like to shrink? Speaking to a full room. Deep water.
  • What is one big goal for the next five years? Finish my degree. Run a half marathon.
  • What is one small goal for this week? Answer the three emails I keep dodging.
  • What is one thing you would like help with? Learning the filing system. Meeting people outside my class.
  • What would you like to be known for? Being the person who follows through.
  • Where do you want to go, and what would you do there first? Lisbon, and I would ride the tram to the end of the line.
  • Which book do you mean to read, or which show do you mean to finish? The one everyone told me about two years ago.
  • Which instrument or sport would you like to pick up? The cello. Pickleball.
  • Which meal do you want to learn to cook well? A proper curry from scratch.
  • Which project do you want to finish before the year ends? The half-painted fence. My portfolio.
  • Which skill do you hope is sharper by this time next year? Speaking up in the first five minutes.
  • Which small habit would you add to every day? Ten minutes of drawing.

Quick either-ors 18

  • A full table or one good friend? One good friend, then the full table later.
  • Ask for help early or wrestle with it alone first? Alone for twenty minutes, then I ask.
  • Board game or video game? Board game, if someone else reads the rules.
  • Book first or movie first? Book first, then complain about the movie.
  • City block or country road? City block all week, country road by Saturday.
  • Clear desk or everything within reach? Within reach, and I know where everything is.
  • Cook at home or eat out? Cook at home, unless it is my turn to wash up.
  • Dogs, cats, both or neither? Both, but the cat is in charge.
  • Early riser or night owl? Night owl, but I am trying.
  • Lead the project or back up the lead? Back up the lead and keep the list.
  • Music on or quiet while you work? Music for chores, quiet for words.
  • Pen and paper or keyboard? Pen for lists, keyboard for anything long.
  • Plan every hour or see what happens? Plan the morning, leave the afternoon open.
  • Save the best bite for last or eat it first? Last. It is the whole point of the plate.
  • Stay up to finish or stop and sleep on it? Sleep on it. Morning me is smarter.
  • Talk first or listen first? Listen first, unless it is about movies.
  • Window seat or aisle, and why? Window. I want to see where we are.
  • Write a note or say it out loud? Write it. I edit better than I talk.

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