Call for Opinions: Do you think really deep thoughts?

I don't consider myself to be a deep person who thinks deep thoughts and contemplates all sorts of deep issues. For the most part, I think I am shallow. I like pretty things and shopping and making my house nice and dressing my kids in cute outfits and having shiny hair and writing funny blog posts and tweets and status updates.

I am interested in a variety of topics. I like to learn about things but only enough to form a general opinion about them and then I like to move on to something new. I like to know about a lot of things but I don't like to know a lot about things.

I don't have a burning ambition to find myself or discover myself or explore hidden areas of my psyche. I don't think I have any hidden areas. I feel like I know myself very well. I am conscious of my flaws and prejudices. If I do have a hidden area, it is where I hide the reasons why I stay fat. If you can help me find that one, you will be my hero.

What about you? Deep, shallow, wading in up to your chest?

Comments

[joanne]

Mostly shallow. Yet another Peeve about S... he likes the deep. I don't have any reason to dig deep on an issue or read everything I can get my hands on. I don't usually read self-help books. I know who I am mostly and am fine with it.

[KtP]

When I dated Jonny, I often felt that being as shallow as I am is a bad thing. He was all about self-help books, who am I, what are humans doing to each other, what's the big picture. In between working at the porn store, of course.

Some of what I read was interesting, and I enjoyed some of the thought-provoking, but at the end of the day I'd still rather watch Toddlers & Tiaras.

[SFChick74]

I'd say I'm 50/50. I can't think deep thoughts all the time. I'll go nuts. But then again, what is a deep thought? You don't have to perform charity, save the planet or invent something to think deep thoughts. Thinking about how much you love your family is deep, at least in my opinion.