VALS Assessment and Thoughts

Striver/Experiencer

     These are the two words that stare back at me after completing the VALS assessment test.  To be honest, I actually think these two words really reflect my interests and my personality to almost a T.  It's...also rather odd, all things considered.  Most of the questions asked mostly about life things and about faith, ideals, and the like instead of asking about aspirations, life goals, and things I would normally assume to be on things such as this.

     However, I do realize now that, after taking this assessment, I learned that I always feel like I need to experience new things, as well as being told flat on my face that, as a Striver, I have a problem with impulse buying (which isn't too far from the truth, as I sometimes have the urge to purchase a bar of Laffy Taffy every time I go through the checkout at my local grocery store or at least buy a booster pack of Magic: The Gathering cards from the nearby hobby shop).  However, I also know now that, as an Experiencer, I tend to love new things - video games and books, especially - that give me a sense of adventure and a certain freedom to travel the world that I, as I am now, cannot and are unable to do.

     If I was asked how my interests would be used to appeal to me as a consumer, I'd ask to be directed to the either the local Books-a-Million or GameStop store, as these are probably the only two ideal places in the world where I would literally have to be escorted out of the building at closing since there would be about half the store that I would love to own or purchase, despite my lack of income.  Throw me a good video game with an interesting cast of characters and an engaging, interactive story and gameplay, or a book that sounds less like a bad Twilight fan-fiction and more like an original work of fiction, and I would practically throw my money at you with due-haste.

     That reminds me.  I must start writing video game reviews again.  I have been too terribly bogged down with a collection of games I have yet to play and not enough time to really sit down and play them.