I decided to start by significantly reducing the number of PDF files there. A search of my main hard drive brought up the alarming result of 1324. And of course, most of them were titled something like 14kdadflsdi.pdf, or something similarly unidentifiable.

This probably explains why, when I've had this urge before, I've never gotten very far. I have to open hundreds of PDF files just to even determine what they are before I can get rid of them.

As I went throught the seemingly unending number of product manuals and rebate forms, I came across results for several assessments I had taken over the past few years.

As I've mentioned before, I'm a sucker for almost any kind of quiz or assessment, whether silly or insightful...

The first set of results I came across was for the Gallup Strengths Finder, which I took almost three years ago (probably when I read Now Discover Your Strengths).

My strengths, at least according to this assessment:

• context
  You look back. You look back because that is where the answers lie. You look back to understand the present.
• empathy
  You can sense the emotions of those around you. You can feel what they are feeling as though their feelings are your own. Intuitively, you are able to see the world through their eyes and share their perspective.
• input
  You are inquisitive. You collect things. You might collect information - words, facts, books, and quotations...
• learner
  You love to learn. The subject matter that interests you most will be determined by your other themes and experiences, but whatever the subject, you will always be drawn to the process of learning.
• responsibility
  Your Responsibility theme forces you to take psychological ownership for anything you commit to, and whether large or small, you feel emotionally bound to follow it through to completion. Your good name depends on it. If for some reason you cannot deliver, you automatically start to look for ways to make it up to the other person. Apologies are not enough.

I'm suddenly feeling inspired again...back to work!