There is nothing more difficult than describing yourself- how you look and how you are as a person.
If asked, I would say that I am tallish, with reddish brown hair and greenish grey eyes. In my head that is how I look. The power of 'ish' is mighty in my mind. Yet a simple photograph shows that my hair is RED and my eyes are GREEN. No 'ish 'about it...

But I would no more describe myself as having green eyes and red hair than I would say I was a dainty little thing. That colouring belongs on people like Maureen O'Hara

Personal perception is a tricky thing. Psychologist Dr David Lewis says that we all have 3 types of self image-
1.Our 'real self' - how we believe ourselves to be
2.Our 'other self' - how we believe others regard us
3. Our 'ideal self' - how we want to be!

Problems arise when these selves are radically different to each other.
Growing up a 'round child', I placed most of my importance on what was on the inside. People said I was 'a nice girl' Oh how I hated that word nice. It was like damming me with faint praise. But now that I am older I actively want to be nice and more importantly kind.

Henry James once said-

Three things in human life are important.
The first is to be kind.
The second is to be kind.
The third is to be kind.

I'm pretty sure, I'm not the only one with 'ish' tendancies.
How would you describe yourself? and how accurate is it?

Queen Marie
(Quite a nice girl, with reddish hair, a fat arse and greenish eyes)