62 Things You Can Tell About Yourself

As if starting with dating apps isn’t scary enough, you’re also regularly asked to tell something about yourself. Whether it’s a piece of text in your dating profile or in the conversation with a match: time and time again you’re expected to introduce yourself, preferably in a non-boring and original way.

When you are asked to tell something about yourself, you don’t know where to start. You probably think hard and long and then stare blankly at your screen. But everything you have ever done, your best achievements and the places you have been: nothing comes to mind. And that is recognizable to everyone.

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‘Tell something about yourself’

The getting to know each other phase is always the hardest part of dating. It’s the time when you ’re laying the foundation for your relationship. The information you share about yourself during this time will determine what the outcome will be. What you share about yourself can get you a swipe right on a dating app, and it can also be the reason you get rejected. If you were given an answer to “Tell me about yourself,” what would you say?

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The basic facts

If you want to tell something about yourself, it is best to start with the basics. You can tell these things about yourself as an intro to who you are.

1. Where you live and come from
2. What you do for work or study
3. What your main hobbies and interests are
4. About your living situation
5. About your family
6. About your pets
7. What you do on the weekend
8. What you are looking for
9. What your intentions are

If you are asked to tell something about yourself, these are some safe topics to start with. These are the characteristics and traits that you cannot change quickly, because they tell you who you are and what you do.

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62 Things You Can Tell About Yourself

Now, the basic facts already say a lot about who you are as a person, but let’s be honest: these facts are never really interesting or original. But despite the fact that the assignment to ‘tell something about yourself’ seems to come straight from a job interview, you don’t have to answer it like an applicant. It can be a bit more playful and light-hearted. These are 62 things you can tell about yourself.

1. One of the things I love to do most is…
2. At the moment I am reading about…
3. The weirdest phone call I ever had was…
4. If I had a superpower, it would be…
5. I always look up to…
6. One thing I can’t live without is…
7. I would like to meet with…
8. My perfect day starts with… and ends with…
9. I am a qualified…
10. If I could live anywhere in the world, I would live in…
11. The thing at the top of my bucket list is…
12. My best friend is my best friend because…
13. What I’m most proud of is…
14. My brother(s)/sister(s) taught me that…
15. The filler word I often use is…
16. One thing I use every day and couldn’t live without is…
17. The most embarrassing thing that happened to me at work was…
18. I would most like to be remembered for…
19. One of my favorite life hacks is…
20. If I won the lottery, the first thing I would do would be…
21. I hate the smell of…
22. The most remote place I’ve ever been is…
23. My favorite ice cream flavor is…
24. If I had to eat one type of food for the rest of my life, I would…
25. I know it’s crazy, but I love…
26. The most boring sport to watch is…
27. What I find most attractive in a person is…
28. My next trip is to…
29. My most embarrassing moment is…
30. I can’t stand it when…
31. The last movie I saw was…
32. One thing I’m pretty good at is…
33. My first car was…
34. My very first job was…
35. Not many people know this about me, but when I was younger…
36. I’m practically addicted to…
37. When I was young, I never told my parents about…
38. If I could go back in time, I would…
39. If I had to leave the Netherlands, I would go to…
40. One thing I wish I had learned before I left home is…
41. One series I’ve watched more than once is…
42. The most I’ve ever won in the lottery is…
43. When I wake up, I usually immediately think of…
44. What I spend way too much money on is…
45. My favorite word is…
46. The last time I fooled myself I learned that…
47. I have to cry from…
48. My biggest fear of all is…
49. My secret guilty pleasure is…
50. My childhood nickname was…
51. My friends call me…
52. The person who inspires me the most is…
53. I collect…
54. The best advice I ever received was…
55. My most valuable possession is…
56. My earliest memory is…
57. My worst habit is…
58. In my group of friends I am considered the…
59. The countries I’ve been to so far are…
60. My favorite subject in school was…
61. My dream job is…
62. The word that irritates me the most is..

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