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What Color is Your Blog Parachute?

March 25, 2009
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Do you remember that book, “What Color is Your Parachute”? It was the book to read when you were about to graduate college and go on the job market, or for when you were thinking of switching careers and needed to figure out what field to pursue. The book never quite worked for me, because I always knew what I wanted to do–write. But I remember it being an enjoyable read.

What made me think about this book today was this new widget I’d discovered (via a Smart Brief on Social Media article) that allegedly tells you what your blog says about you, or what color is your blog parachute. Here’s how that widget works: you type your blog’s address into Typealyzer, and it comes up with a personality assessment for your blog.

When I typed in Suddenly Frugal, here’s what I got:

ESFP – The Performers


The entertaining and friendly type. They are especially attuned to pleasure and beauty and like to fill their surroundings with soft fabrics, bright colors and sweet smells. They live in the present moment and donĀ“t like to plan ahead – they are always in risk of exhausting themselves.

The enjoy work that makes them able to help other people in a concrete and visible way. They tend to avoid conflicts and rarely initiate confrontation – qualities that can make it hard for them in management positions.

I think the analysis was pretty spot on, except for the planning ahead part, and the decorating stuff. But this analysis got me thinking, dear reader: is this blog all you think that it should be? What’s missing from this blog? Or what would you like to see more of in the coming days, weeks and months? I’d love to get your feedback so that I can ensure that the color of my blog parachute is what you’ve always envisioned it to be.

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