Identity

Asking 5 people you've known for less than a month to describe your identity is strange. I felt awkward, although i'm not sure why. The realization that i was going to see how people perceive me; and how i present myself for the first time is quite daunting i suppose. 
Below are the descriptions i received...

I do tap on the table when i'm bored, i was covered in bruises having fallen over several times that week, and i had just finished a falafel wrap; so i suppose my description was pretty accurate. 

Although these descriptions were quit limited, at least the perception from strangers was positive. This task was revealing and reassuring, however describing other people was slightly more difficult. 

When it came to giving a description of the identities of the five people around me, i resulted in listing traits that are quite cliche, such as 'friendly' and 'good listener'. Although they're positive, they're boring, and not individual or representative of anyone's actual personalities and identities, but i just felt awkward trying to describe someones identity, when i don't really know them at all.

This task has got me thinking though, about what aspects of my identity i want to communicate to people, and how to go about doing it...