Daily writing promptWhat’s your favorite thing about yourself?View all responses

I haven’t participated in one of these writing prompts in a while, but I do love reading the responses of others, so I thought I would give this one a whirl.

Daily Writing Prompt Question: What’s Your Favorite Thing About Yourself?

I used to think this was a trick question. It always felt like bragging in disguise—like you were supposed to blush and say something humble, like “I guess I’m a good listener,” then immediately ask about the other person to change the subject.

But the truth is, my favorite thing about myself is that I never stopped being curious. About people. About stories. About why old houses creak and how friendships fall apart and whether ghosts remember who they were.

That curiosity has carried me through careers, heartbreaks, reinventions, and rewrites. It’s what makes me pull off the road to take a picture of a crumbling farmhouse, or eavesdrop in coffee shops, or spend hours researching 1980s medical malpractice cases for a single scene in a book. Curiosity is the spark behind everything I write, and everything I love about writing. It keeps life a little mysterious, a little magical—just the way I like it.

So, no blushing. No turning the question around. That’s my answer. I’m curious, and I cherish that part of myself.

What about you? What’s your favorite thing about you?