Past-Life Job Quiz
Peddler
With your pack on your back, you make the rounds of town and bring people exactly what they were hoping for.
Peddlers carried goods around from house to house and town to town, selling as they went. In Japan, the image of a peddler balancing loads on a shoulder pole or carrying a basket on their back is a familiar one. There were also trades like the medicine sellers of Toyama, who regularly made the rounds of customers in far-off regions.
If your soul once walked that road, there are probably traces of it in how you live now. You talk with people wherever you go, find out what they're looking for, then track down just the right thing and hand it over. That's the way you like to move.
A peddler's strength was knowing where everything could be found and who wanted what. Your own knack lies in connecting people with people, and people with things. On the flip side, long hours alone perfecting a single thing can feel a little dull.
Strengths
- From what someone says, you can pick up what they really want
- You know lots about which shops and people have what
- Even in a new town, you quickly get to know people by sight
Where you may stumble
- You're tempted to recommend things nobody asked for
- Your schedule fills up with people until there's no time left for you
- When a long stretch of quiet, hands-on work goes on, your mind drifts outward
Sounds familiar, Peddler?
- You hunt for a friend's missing item as if it were your own
- You take longer than anyone choosing souvenirs on a trip
- People often ask you, “Where did you get that?”
Where you shine
Introducing people to each other, choosing gifts, and finding shops in a town you don't know.
Tips for “Peddler”
- Before you recommend something, ask once: “Do you need it right now?”
- Make one day a week a day with no people in it
- Turn the shops and things you know well into a list you can hand to others
Matches
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Woodturner — A Woodturner makes fine things but isn't one for selling them door to door. When a Peddler carries them, those bowls reach towns far away.
Ferryman — A Ferryman greets travelers at the riverbank. Each time a Peddler passes through, you can swap news of each other's towns.
Herb Gatherer — An Herb Gatherer likes to walk the familiar hills in quiet. The energy of a Peddler calling out to bring people in can feel unsettling to them.
Close neighbors
These differ from this one on just 1 of the 3 axes. If one of your axes was near the middle, you may have their side too.
Which one are you? 18 everyday situations, about 3 minutes.
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