Season Quiz
Winter
When an idea strikes, you quietly start on it alone, without telling anyone.
In winter, bare trees look as if they're asleep, but look closely at the branches and small winter buds are already there. The leaves and flowers that will open next spring were folded into those buds back in summer and autumn — by winter, they've already begun. You, too, tend to start quietly on your own when an idea strikes, before telling anyone.
After the winter solstice, the days begin, little by little, to grow longer. On the calendar, too, New Year falls in the middle of winter. Just as a new year starts in a quiet season, your “starting” doesn't begin with a noisy announcement but with one day quietly getting going on your own.
From the outside, a winter bud looks as though it's hardly moving. With what you start, too, people around you may only notice after you've kept at it for quite a while. Because you can start without caring what others think, you have fewer chances than the other seasons to share what you've begun.
Strengths
- You can get going on your own without waiting for anyone's approval
- You start small, so if it doesn't work, you can quietly try again
- You can start from your own interests, without being swayed by what's popular
Where you may stumble
- Because you don't talk about what you've started, you miss the chance to meet people doing the same thing
- Even things that might grow if you invited others, you start alone and keep going alone
- When busy, sociable plans pile up, you lose your time to start things alone and feel unsettled
Sounds familiar, Winter?
- You only tell people about something new you've started once you've been at it for quite a while
- People say to you, “When did you start doing that?”
- An idea strikes you at night, and you just start on it there and then
Where you shine
Getting to work, alone, on something nobody has touched yet. Just as a winter bud is already holding spring in the cold, you can start the next thing before anyone notices.
Tips for “Winter”
- A week after you start something, tell just one person
- If it's something you could invite others to, ask just one person on the day you start
- When you start something on your own, write down the date you began
Matches
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Autumn — Autumn also spends time quietly, within. While Autumn finishes one thing, Winter is beside it starting the next. You both love quiet time, so being near each other isn't tiring.
Spring — Spring also loves starting things. Spring notices what Winter quietly started alone and brings people in. Just as a winter bud opens in spring, a solo beginning spreads outward.
Summer — Summer wants to grow what's been started into something big, with lots of people. When Winter has only just started something alone and hears “Let's get more people!” and “Let's make it bigger!”, Winter, who wanted to keep going at its own pace, is likely to be thrown.
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