The Honesty Box

This week I decided to open a Facebook account. I am made this decision partially due to the fact that one of my good friends decided to change to Facebook because she was tired of all the Myspace adds, and partially because I knew that several of my other friends also had Facebook accounts. I have only had an account for 4 days and have already determined I like Facebook so much better, but that is for another blog.

For those of you who aren't familiar with face book, when you open your account it lets you know what all of your friends have done that day such as posting pictures, adding or removing applications, or leaving comments for each other. As I was reading through the days actions I noticed one of my friends had added a new application called the Honesty Box. The premise of the application was a way to allow your friends to anonymously leave you comments about what they honestly think about you.

This lead to a discussion between my roommate and I about what things we think others might say about us if we put up an Honesty Box. We both assumed that since it was anonymous that people would feel more free to say things that would be a little more critical. After a few minutes of thinking I came up with a couple. First, people might mention the fact that I times I can be overly gregarious and that can be a bit overwhelming to some. Second, I am far from being the neatest person in the world, really I am very unorganized and messy. Third, that I don't let big things really worry me but I tend to obsess about stupid things that really don't matter. I am sure there are tons more, my family can attest to that!

Then we stopped and shared what we would say about ourselves. I would mention the three listed above and then I would also say that I do everything to the bare minimum. My roommate was very surprised at that because she didn't feel I did that at all. Then she told me that the one place I definitely don't do that is in my Faith. Which I was glad to hear that from her and I do have to agree. That is the one aspect of my life that I do wholeheartedly.

It was just interesting to stop and really take a few minutes to think about how you portray yourself to other people. What are the positive things that people would say? What are the negative things people would say?