Assignment 22: Maggie Anderson

A while back I read an article about how well people know themselves and each other. The conclusion: your coworkers know you best. You are obviously biased, as people either think they can do no wrong or constantly second guess themselves. Your significant other and your friends are in a similar boat. They chose you, and so they want to look more favorably on you, as that proves they made the right choice. But your coworkers didn't choose you and while life's better if they like you, they don't have to. It even benefits them to know your shortcomings, as they are also hurt if you do badly.
I don't have the advantage of coworkers to ask who I am. My fellow students, though similarly attached to me through no fault of their own, either barely know me or are my friends. The decline in group projects means we aren't on the same team, and they don't benefit from knowing my weaknesses. Even if they do, they probably wouldn't tell me if I asked, in the name of politeness.
The point of this rather long digression (sorry) is that I really don't know myself. My circumstances, only child, good student, etc. aren't done forming me. And what I want both out of college and life, is something I am thinking about more and more as applications loom closer. But I find my wants more inconclusive every time I think about them. There's either nothing that fits what I want or I have too many options. The problem: I don't know what I want. It may take somebody else to figure it out for me.